Professor / Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer in Macroeconomics at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte        

• Teaching undergraduate and postgraduate modules in macroeconomics;
• Self-initiated research with a primarily macroeconomic focus;
• Supervision of postgraduate students;
• Participating in Departmental, Faculty and University activities. 

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes        

For Senior Lecturer: 

• A PhD awarded by a recognised university, with macroeconomics as a focal area;
• Must have a training background in dynamic macroeconomics and be familiar with the contents of, for example, one of the following textbooks:  Advanced Macroeconomics  by David Romer;  Monetary Theory and Policy  by Carl Walsh,  Interest and Prices  by Michael Woodford, and  Recursive Macroeconomics  by Las Ljungqvist and Thomas Sargent;
• Have either lectured DSGE modelling at a graduate level, or estimated DSGE models in published research papers;
• Two subsidy-bearing publication units;
• Evidence of successfully completed postgraduate supervision (including honours research assignments);
• The ability to teach in English.

For Associate Professor:

• A PhD awarded by a recognised university, with macroeconomics as a focal area;
• Must have a training background in dynamic macroeconomics and be familiar with the contents of, for example, one of the following textbooks:  Advanced Macroeconomics  by David Romer;  Monetary Theory and Policy  by Carl Walsh,  Interest and Prices  by Michael Woodford, and  Recursive Macroeconomics  by Las Ljungqvist and Thomas Sargent;
• Have either lectured DSGE modelling at a graduate level, or estimated DSGE models in published research papers;
• Evidence of international recognition in the field as evidenced by an NRF (or equivalent) rating, research awards, keynote addresses, membership of editorial boards, and other indicators of international standing;
• Evidence of obtained research funding;
• Evidence of academic leadership in a domain which may include a reasonable number of sole and/or first authored papers, evidence of publications in high impact or highly ranked journals, and the impact of the applicant s own work as reflected in h-indices such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science; 
• Six subsidy-bearing publication units;
• A history of participating in a macroeconomic research team;
• Conference participation;
• Successfully completed PhD and master's degree supervision;
• The ability to teach in English.

For Professor: 

• A PhD awarded by a recognised university, with macroeconomics as a focal area;
• Must have a training background in dynamic macroeconomics and be familiar with the contents of, for example, one of the following textbooks:  Advanced Macroeconomics  by David Romer,  Monetary Theory and Policy  by Carl Walsh,  Interest and Prices  by Michael Woodford, and  Recursive Macroeconomics  by Las Ljungqvist and Thomas Sargent;
• Have either lectured DSGE modelling at a graduate level, or estimated DSGE models in published research papers;
• Evidence of international recognition in the field as evidenced by an NRF (or equivalent) rating, research awards, keynote addresses, membership of editorial boards, and other indicators of international standing;
• Evidence of obtaining research funding;
• Evidence of academic leadership in a domain which may include a reasonable number of sole and/or first authored papers, evidence of publications in high impact or highly ranked journals, and the impact of the applicant s own work as reflected in h-indices such as Google Scholar, Scopus, and Web of Science; 
• Ten subsidy-bearing publication units;
• A history of participating in a macroeconomic research team;
• Conference participation;
• Successfully completed PhD and Master's degree supervision;
• The ability to teach in English.

Short-listed candidates (those invited for interviews) will be expected to present a lecture on a designated topic to members of the Department of Economics, as well as present examples of course material (including examination papers and tests) used in previous courses.