Position at the Centre for Welfare State Research, Denmark

Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark in Odense offers an 18-month position as a postdoc with a possibility of prolongation in connection with the research programme “Reforming the Institutions of the Welfare State”.  The aim of the research programme is to study changes in the tasks and functions of the welfare state.

Open to: scholars
Deadline: 19/02/2010

The postdoc will be responsible for working on a microsimulation model to assess welfare state reforms. This project is located at the Centre for Welfare State Research and has the purpose of establishing better and more flexible measures of welfare states. In turn these measures feed analysis of contemporary welfare state reforms and their consequences for different population groups.

The tasks of the appointee will include:
–  in collaboration with colleagues, implementing and testing the OECD microsimulation model programmed in Stata for a number of countries with relation to personal taxation, certain social security and social assistance schemes, housing allowance and payment for childcare
–  building and implementing own modules decided upon and designed with colleagues
–  updating and validating the OECD and own modules on a yearly basis
–  international coordination of work on the microsimulation model

Applicant’s qualifications
Applicants must have a PhD or be near to completion of a PhD in Political Science or another relevant discipline within the Social Sciences. The applicant must also have knowledge of Stata or other programmes and especially an interest in working with modelling complex elements and relations. Finally, the applicant must have good academic, social and language skills.

Application process

The application must include:
1) a detailed CV
2) a complete list of publications indicating which publications are most relevant for the position,
3) academic diplomas
4) three copies of relevant publications (max. 5)
5) a list of all enclosures, and each of the enclosures must be numbered, state the applicant’s name and assembled in sets.

Applications will be assessed by a committee. When the committee has submitted its assessment, the applicants will receive their relevant part of the assessment. The committee may request additional material, if so; it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

Please send your hard copy application, CV, publications list, diplomas in 4 copies (publications in 3 copies) all marked “Position No. 341/556-095682“ to:

University of Southern Denmark
Faculty of Social Sciences
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense M

The application must reach the University not later than February 19, 2010 at 12:00 noon.
For information on the position please contact Professor Jon Kvist: kvi@sam.sdu.dk
Information about the Department, its research and teaching profile can be find here

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