Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Behavioural and Experimental Economics

NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

NTU Singapore invites applications for Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track) in Behavioural and Experimental Economics within the School of Social Sciences. The appointees are expected to conduct impactful research and teach undergraduate and graduate courses.

Candidates should have or expect a PhD by August 2027 and will supervise graduate and undergraduate projects, contribute to General Education courses, and collaborate with partners in Singapore and beyond.

Qualifications

• PhD in Economics by August 2027 or later.
• Strong research output in behavioural and experimental economics.
• Ability to teach across undergraduate and graduate levels.

Responsibilities

• Conduct high-quality research and publish in leading journals.
• Teach undergraduate and graduate courses in economics.
• Supervise graduate and undergraduate research projects.

Skills

Behavioural economics

Experimental economics

Education

PhD in Economics

Job description

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is ranked among the world’s top universities.

The School of Social Sciences (SSS) is part of NTU Singapore’s College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (CoHASS), whose students and scholars actively collaborate in fields ranging from philosophy to design, to understand how people in Asia and beyond act in and make sense of the world. CoHASS aims to be Asia’ s leading centre for innovative, interdisciplinary Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences research.

The Economics Programme under the School of Social Sciences (SSS) consists of 29 full-time highly international faculty members and offers degrees at the undergraduate, MSc, and PhD levels. The Programme has established recognised strengths inapplied economics and behavioural economics, alongside core areas of macroeconomics, microeconomics, and econometrics. Faculty members regularly publish in leading international journals, engage in interdisciplinary collaborations, and contribute to policy debates in Singapore and beyond. NTU Economics hosted the 2023 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society. The School also houses the Economic Growth Centre and the Editorial Office of the Singapore Economic Review. For further information about the School and the Economics Program, please refer to the following website: https://www.ntu.edu.sg/sss/economics.

The School of Social Sciences at NTU invites applications for Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track) position in Behavioural and Experimental Economics.

In addition to excellent and impactful research, the successful candidates are expected to teach and develop courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels, including General Education courses, as well as supervise graduate students and undergraduate projects.

Selection will be based on the quality, impact, and trajectory of research and teaching. Relevant post-doctoral experience will be given consideration. Candidates should possess or expect to obtain a PhD degree by August 2027.