FULL PROFESSOR DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAMME IN BEHAVIOR, ECONOMICS, AND EVOLUTION

THE FACULTY OF BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE (FBM) AND THE FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS (HEC) OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND INVITE APPLICATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING POSITION :

FULL PROFESSOR
DIRECTOR OF THE PROGRAMME IN BEHAVIOR, ECONOMICS,
AND EVOLUTION

The Department of Ecology and Evolution of FBM and the Departments of Economics, Organizational Behavior, and Information Systems of HEC have developed a new interdisciplinary Master of Science major in Behavior, Economics, and Evolution. This major can be taken by students enrolled in the Master of Science programmes in Economics or in Management (in HEC), as well as students in the Master in Behavior, Evolution and Conservation (in FBM). The programme intends to develop teaching and research connections between evolutionary biology and behavioral economics.

We therefore seek an outstanding researcher as full professor and director of the programme with a track record in Sociobiology, Social Evolution, Human Behavioral Ecology, Evolutionary Psychology, Biological Psychology, Neuroeconomics, Evolutionary Economics, or Behavioral Economics (or related areas). The position requires a record of scientific excellence, administrative experience, the motivation to lead a MSc programme, as well as a scientific interest in both evolution and economics.

The Professor is expected to lead the programme and an internationally competitive research programme on proximate and/or ultimate questions pertaining to social decision-making and behavior. She/he is expected  to attract external funding and to promote an interactive and synergistic research environment between the Faculty of Business and Economics, and the Faculty of Biology and Medicine.

A start-up package, a state-of-the-art research infrastructure as well as a yearly research allowance for positions and consumables will be available within an environment that has a long track record of excellence in research (http://www.unil.ch/dee ; http://www.hec.unil.ch/ob ; http://www.hec.unil.ch/deep ;www.hec.unil.ch/isi).

The job description is available on the Internet site
https://www.unil.ch/emplois or http://www.unil.ch/fbm/page64812.html.

Further information may be obtained from Prof. Andreas Mayer (Andreas.Mayer@unil.ch), Chairman of the search committee.

The application, in English, must include a full CV (indicating previous positions, teaching experience, list of grants received, publication record), a motivation letter, future research interests, and representative publications, as well as names and contact information of three referees. Applications are received electronically at this address : www.unil.ch/iafbm/application.

They should be submitted by August 27th, 2014.

Seeking to promote an equitable representation of women and men among its staff, the University encourages applications from women.