The Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University is looking for an Assistant Professor at the Department of Finance and Capital Markets at the Institute of Economic Studies.

Job description:

• conducting lectures and seminars
• own scientific and research activity
• scientific activities including grant and project activities
• pedagogical activities
• serving on examination committees
• supervising students and assessing student work

We require:

• •a Ph.D. in Economics or Finance from a school which ranks equivalently or higher than Charles University in international rankings
• experience from research visits abroad
• at least 1 publication in journals in the field of Economics or Business-Finance indexed in the Web of Science
• area of professional interest: finance and financial econometrics, macroeconomics, and machine learning methods
• knowledge of Czech at a professional communication level

We offer:

• workload of 0.8 (30 hours per week) 
• expected start on January, 1st, 2025
• wide range of employee benefits (higher value meal vouchers, contribution to a kindergarten, contribution to an annual Prague public transport card, contribution to pension and / or life insurance, contribution to Sodexo Multi Pass Card, etc. Benefits are governed by the valid internal regulations of the faculty)

The written application must contain:

• academic CV
• overview of publishing activities
• a certified copy of the highest education certificate (does not apply to those who have already been or are currently employed at FSS and their education was verified by the personnel department in the past)

The candidates can send their applications by November, 25th, 2025, to the email address: kariera@fsv.cuni.cz, marked as “Assistant professor DFCM workload 0,8”.

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