[Forum SIS] Tenured position of Full Professor in Economic Statistics - Call for expression of interest

[Massimiliano Caporin]

The Department of Statistical Sciences of the University of Padova,
www.stat.unipd.it, will open a new tenured position of Full Professor in
Economic Statistics (Statistica Economica – Applied Statistical Methods and
Models for Economics, Finance, Business and Management) for highly
qualified scholars
who are engaged in research at an international level. The Department of
Statistical Sciences is a department of excellence whose project
“Statistical methods and models for complex data” has been financed by the
Ministry of Education, Universities and Research (MIUR) at the beginning of
2018. The
project will last for five years, from 2018 to 2022, and details on the
project activities are available at this link https://www.stat.unipd.it/call
‐for‐interest.

The new position builds on the project “Statistical models for complex
data” and the selected candidate will be involved in the development of the
project activities. According to the Italian rules, interested candidates
must be in one of the four following cases at the time they apply to the
position:

a) Be in possession of the habilitation to full professorship according to
the Italian law (Law 204/2010 art. 16) for the scientific field of Economic
Statistics (Statistica Economica – Settore Concorsuale 13/D2 – Settore
Scientifico Disciplinare S/03). For details on the habilitation rules and
deadlines, we refer to the MIUR webpage for habilitation
http://abilitazione.miur.it/public/index.php;

b) Be in possession of the habilitation to full professorship according to
the Italian Law 210/1988 and within the limits detailed in the Law 240/2010
art. 29, point 8;

c) Be a Full Professor in Economic Statistics in another Italian University;

d) Be involved in research and/or teaching at the University level in a
position equivalent to the one opened (Professore Ordinario – Full
Professor); for equivalence we refer to tables of correspondence defined in
Law 240/2010, art. 18, point 1, letter b), last column; Tables are
available here https://www.stat.unipd.it/call‐for‐interest.

Ideal candidates should possess a strong record of accomplishment in
research, with publication in leading journals (the list of leading
journals for the field and linked to the requirements for the habilitation
to Full Professor position is available here
https://www.stat.unipd.it/call‐for‐interest.
Candidates are expected to contribute to the coordination of the activities
of the excellence project, and will be involved in managing a statistical
consulting laboratory that represents one of the most relevant and
innovative (in the Italian system) aspects of the Department’s project.

Ideal candidates should have research interests falling under the topics
covered by the project “Statistical methods and models for complex data”
with a focus on both the methodological aspects and the economic
interpretation of statistical analyses. For instance, the analysis of
marketing and business data when traditional data sources are integrated
with social media and social network data.
Other examples are the analysis of markets functioning from the point of
view of consumers or from the producer’s side, building on geo‐localized
data and/or survey data, for purposes linked, for instance, to the design
of marketing campaigns. Finally, the analysis of financial markets where
trading
data are integrated with textual news data, social media tweets, and
economic data available at lower frequencies.

Teaching experience at the undergraduate and post‐graduate level is
required, as well as an excellent level of English knowledge (both oral and
written). The yearly teaching load amount at 120 hours, split between
undergraduate, master and PhD courses. The minimum gross amount per year of
the salary is € 72,430. The net income will depend on several elements
including income taxes, local taxes, and
tax exemptions depending on the family structure. Individuals transferring
their fiscal residence to Italy from abroad may benefit for 3 years of
partial tax exemptions. Economic incentives are available to the selected
candidate within the excellence project (see the link above for some
details on the
project structure).

The call will be probably launched between May and July 2018. The
competitive selection procedure includes:

i) An evaluation of the CV of the candidates: full publication history;
participation to and organization of conferences; teaching duties at
various levels (from BA to PhD); supervision of master students, PhD
students and post‐doctoral students; organizational responsibilities such a
the participation to Department or University committees or the
coordination of teaching programs; fund raising and the participation to or
coordination of research groups and scientific project; the involvement in
consulting activities;

ii) An assessment of selected publications provided by the candidates
(details will be included in the call);

iii) An interview to be held in Padova (details will be provided by the
selection committee).

The selected candidate will be hired, ideally, from October 2018.

Candidate's expression of interest and any inquiries on the position, the
teaching duties, the project of excellence and the selection procedure,
should be sent to the Dean of the Department Prof. Tommaso Di Fonzo (
tommaso.difonzo a unipd.it), or to Prof. Massimiliano Caporin (
massimiliano.caporin a unipd.it).


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Massimiliano Caporin
Professor of Economic Statistics
University of Padova
Department of Statistical Sciences

Address: Via Cesare Battisti, 241 - 35121 Padova - Italy
Contacts: massimiliano.caporin a unipd.it; ph. +39-049-8274199; Skype
massimiliano.caporin

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