PhD Position in Business Administration / Management & Economics with a focus on Social Influence for Social Impact

Über die Stelle

The University of Zurich, Switzerland’s largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields. With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education. Put your talent and skills to work with us. Find out more about UZH as an employer!

Aufgaben

As a PhD student, you will develop and implement research ideas related to the topics outlined above, leading to a doctoral thesis to be submitted to the Graduate School of Business within four years. You will contribute to publi-cations in leading scientific journals, participate in international conferences and summer schools, and assist in teaching as well as the supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.

Anforderungen

You bring with you
• An interest in interdisciplinary research.
• Strong motivation to work on societally relevant problems.
• A passion for sharing knowledge and teaching.
• Methodological expertise in at least two of the following three skill areas:

1. Econometrics and/or machine learning
2. Randomized experiments (lab and/or field)
3. Agent based modeling and network analysis.

• Excellent written and spoken English

Ausbildung

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Benefits

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