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Department of EconomicsRecruitment 2016

Monash University, Caulfield campus

Monash University is ranked in the top one per cent of world universities – 73rd in the world – according to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2015–2016).

About Monash Economics

Monash Business School is home to one of the leading departments of Economics in the region. Our track-record of excellence has been evident since Monash University was founded in 1961. The Department has more than 50 academics working in virtually all major fields of economics. Overall, the Monash Business School has over 350 academics. As one of the largest Business Schools in Australia, we have enormous resources and capabilities extending to all Business and Economics related disciplines.

Leading Recent Hires in Economics (2010-2015)

Recent Economics recruits have earned their PhDs from universities in Europe and the United States such as Cambridge, Columbia, Cornell, Maryland, Oxford, Pittsburgh, Princeton, UC Berkeley, UC San Diego, University of Washington, and Zurich. Their research areas include Applied Microeconomics, Development Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, Experimental Economics, International Economics, Macroeconomics, and Public Economics.

Clayton campus

Publications

Over the last few years, members of the Economics Department have published in leading general interest journals, including American Economic Review, Econometrica, Science, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Economic Journal, Review of Economics and Statistics, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, and the American Economic Journals.

For Monash’s RePEC ranking see: ideas.repec.org/top/top.australia.html

Low Teaching Loads

The teaching load for new junior staff is one unit per year for the first three years.

Funding Opportunities and Awards

Monash Business School offers:

- New Academic Staff Support Grant

- Faculty Research Grant Scheme

- Research Grant Incentive Scheme

In addition, the Department allocates substantial funding for:

- Inviting Distinguished Visitors

- Inviting Young Scholars in the initial stages of their career

- Internal Department Research Grants

Complementing our strong research environment, the Department also provides extensive support for innovative educators with grants available for teaching and learning innovations.

Funding for Travel

All academic staff members receive a travel allowance, which can be used for conference travel or to visit co-authors. Additional funding is also available for staff who have a paper accepted for presentation at elite general conferences.

Market Loading

The Department has a system of market loadings (market bonuses) based on publications in high quality journals.

Links with Research Centres

Monash Business School includes separate departments for Economics and for Econometrics. Together these units represent one of the largest and strongest concentrations of economists in Australia. The Department of Economics has close links with the Centre for Health Economics (CHE), the Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability (CDES), the Monash Business Policy Forum (MBPF) and the Monash Sustainability Institute (MSI).

Active Seminar Schedule

The Department runs four seminars each week with presentations by staff, postgraduate students and visitors from other universities both domestic and international.

Visitor Program

Along with a strongly engaged seminar program, the department collaborates with a number of distinguished international researchers and academics in diverse fields. Some of our visiting academics now have ongoing appointments with Monash Economics, like John List, Leo Simon and Yves Zenou.

Location

Monash University is located in Melbourne and the Economics Department has a strong presence at Caulfield and Clayton campuses. For the last five years (2011–2015) Melbourne has been rated by the Economist as the world’s most liveable city.

Contact

Professor Michael Ward Head of Department P: +613 9905 2307 E: michael.ward@monash.edu

Visit our website:

business.monash.edu/economics

All information reflects prescriptions, policy and practice in force at time of publication. While the information in this flyer was correct at the time of publication, Monash University reserves the right to alter this information should the need arise. Published December 2015.