MSCA-PF: Joint application at the University of Granada. Department of Applied Economics.

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Descripción de la vacante

La Universidad de Granada busca candidatos postdoctorales para la Beca Marie Skłodowska-Curie en el ámbito de la economía aplicada. Se requiere un Doctorado y cumplimiento con las reglas de movilidad. El rol implica investigación y colaboración con el departamento de economía.

Formación

• Deben cumplir con la regla de movilidad para la beca MSCA.
• Enviar documentos especificados a Professor Alberto RUIZ VILLAVERDE.

Responsabilidades

• Dedicar tiempo a proyectos de investigación en economía aplicada.
• Colaborar con otros investigadores en el departamento.

Educación

Doctorado en Economía o campo relacionado

Descripción del empleo

Organisation / Company University of Granada Department International Research Projects Office Laboratory Department of Applied Economics Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Professor Alberto RUIZ VILLAVERDE , from the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Granada, welcomes postdoctoral candidatesinterested inapplying for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF)in 2025 at this University. Please note that applicants must comply with the Mobility Rule (for more information about the 2025 call, please consult this link .

Brief description of the institution:

The University of Granada (UGR), founded in 1531, is one of the largest and most important universities in Spain. With amost 54,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students and more than 6,000 members of staff, the UGR offers over 90 undergraduate degrees, 157 master’s degrees (7 of which are international double degrees) and 28 doctoral programmes via its 124 departments and nearly 50 centers. Accordingly, the UGR offers one of the most extensive and diverse ranges of higher education programmes in Spain.

The UGR has been awarded with the "Human Resources Excellence in Research (HRS4R)", which reflects the institution’s commitment to continuously improve its human resource policies in line with the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. The UGR is also internationally renowned for its excellence in diverse research fields and ranked among the top Spanish universities in a variety of ranking criteria, such as national R&D projects, fellowships awarded, publications, and international funding.

The UGR is one of the few Spanish Universities listed in the Shanghai Top 500 ranking - Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU). The 2024 edition of the ARWU places the UGR in 301-400th position in the world and as the 3-8 highest ranked University in Spain ( http://sl.ugr.es/0dwJ ) , reaffirming its position as an institution at the forefront of national and international research. From the perspective of specialist areas in the ARWU rankings ( http://sl.ugr.es/0bSp ) , the UGR is outstanding in Mathematics and Dentistry & Oral Sciences Food Science & Technology (both ranked between 51th-75th position), Computer Science & Engineering, Food Science & Technology and Hospitality & Tourism Management (all three ranked between 76-100th position), and in the areas of Statistics and Psychology (both ranked between 101-150th position). A little lower in the ranking, the UGR also stands out in the areas of Business Administration and Earth Sciences, in which the UGR is positioned in the 151-200th position.

Additionally, the UGR counts with 3 researchers at the top of the Highly Cited Researchers (HCR) list ( http://sl.ugr.es/0cmD ), most of them related to the Computer Science scientific area. It is also well recognised for its presence in the top 200 Universities in Europe ( http://sl.ugr.es/0a6i ) at 43th place .

Internationally, the University of Granada is firmly committed to its participation in the calls of the Framework Programme of the European Union. For the duration of the prevoius Framework Programme, Horizon 2020, the UGR obtained a totalof123 projectswith a total funding of around€30 million.For the current Framework Programme, Horizon Europe, the UGR has obtained108 projects, so far, with a total funding of€33 million.

Brief description of the Centre/Research Group:

The Department of Applied Economics focuses on the practical application of economic theory and econometric methods across a variety of real-world contexts. As one of the two main branches of economics—the other being the core theoretical fields—it emphasizes the use of foundational tools in economics and econometrics to analyze and address issues in diverse areas. These include demographic economics, labor economics, business economics, industrial organization, agricultural economics, development economics, education economics, engineering economics, financial economics, health economics, monetary economics, public economics, and economic history.

There is ongoing debate about whether studying standard economics fosters more individualistic, competitive, and self-interested behavior in students.

Today, economics is largely structured as the study of human behavior, individual decision-making, and their interactions. To build economic theory, it is necessary to assume a behavioral model for individuals—commonly referred to as homo economicus. Under this model, individuals are rational agents motivated solely by self-interest. Moreover, when such self-interested individuals optimize their decisions within competitive markets, the outcome is assumed to be socially optimal—i.e., the best possible allocation of resources.

This premise naturally raises the question: does studying these standard economic models, which emphasize competition and self-interest, actually influence economics students to behave in this way?

Three main empirical methods have been used to explore whether economics students develop less pro-social behavior:

(i) surveys that assess student attitudes,

(ii) laboratory experiments, and

(iii) field or natural experiments (i.e., observations in real-life settings).

The results of these studies are mixed. Some suggest that economics students exhibit less pro-social behavior due to an indoctrination effect from exposure to standard economic theory. Others find no significant behavioral differences between economics students and students from other disciplines. A third group of studies observes such differences but attributes them to a self-selection effect— individuals with less pro-social tendencies are more likely to choose economics or business-related fields.

In short, more research is needed to clarify the relationship between economics education and student behavior.

Research Area:

• Economic Sciences (ECO)

For a correct evaluation of your candidature, please send the documents below to Professor Alberto RUIZ VILLAVERDE ( [e-mail] ):