Postdoctoral Scholar, Behavioral Economics & Finance Research

Berkeley International; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

UC Berkeley’s O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar. The role provides mentorship from faculty and opportunities to engage in seminars and workshops within the UC Berkeley research community.

The position emphasizes designing and supervising randomized controlled trials, data analysis, and scholarly writing, with collaboration across economics, neuroscience, and medicine. Candidates must have a PhD or be nearing completion.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. (or equivalent) by start date or current Ph.D. student at time of application.
• Experience collaborating with economics or finance researchers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design Randomized Control Trials (RCT).
• Develop details of treatment—scripts, tasks, training local team.
• Supervise RCT.
• Collect and analyze data from RCT.
• Write presentation slides.
• Write draft on project.

Skills

RCT design

Data analysis

Academic writing

Presentation skills

Education

Ph.D. required

Enrolled in Ph.D. program

Job description

UC Berkeley’s O’Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance seeks a Postdoctoral Scholar. The role provides mentorship from faculty and opportunities to engage in seminars and workshops within the UC Berkeley research community.

The position emphasizes designing and supervising randomized controlled trials, data analysis, and scholarly writing, with collaboration across economics, neuroscience, and medicine. Candidates must have a PhD or be nearing completion.