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Dear list members,
The Chair of Institutional and Innovation Economics, especially Japan/East Asia,
Department of Management and Microeconomics at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, invites applications for a
Ph.D. research position / Post Doc
(E13 TV-G-U, part-time 50%)
The appointment term is May 01, 2013 - January 31, 2017 (pending final approval of the AFRASO program by the Ministry).
Activities include original research and fieldwork in Africa, participating in the day-to-day activities of the project, and producing both sole-authored and co-authored
publications. Based in Frankfurt, the post will require travel overseas for up to 32 weeks in Africa over the four years period of employment. The position provides a great opportunity for independent research, and in particular for preparation of a doctoral
dissertation.
Requirements are an above-average master or “Diplom” degree either in economics or business administration, or applicants have passed the first year in an economic/
management science PhD program with distinction.
The successful candidate will have relevant research experience, preferably relating to management, field experiments and/or developmental economics.
The research project is part of the Research Program “AFRASO – Africa’s Asian Options: New Interactions between Africa and Asia” that is jointly organized by the
Interdisciplinary Center of East Asian Studies (IZO) and the Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Africa (ZIAF) of the Goethe University. Pending final approval, the AFRASO research program will be funded by a special grant from the Federal Ministry of
Higher Education and Research of Germany. The project will explore Japanese management practices in Africa.
Your application should be in English or German and include a cover letter, CV, grade transcripts and up to two Letters of Recommendation). Please submit to Prof.
Dr. Cornelia Storz, Chair of Institutional and Innovation Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Goethe University Frankfurt, RuW Post Box 56, Grüneburgplatz 1, 60323 Frankfurt am Main, Germany or via email to
[log in to unmask] (attachments should be in PDF-Format). The application deadline is October 1st.
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Dr. Cornelia Storz
Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Goethe-University
Grüneburgplatz 1 (RuW-Gebäude R. 4241)
D-60323 Frankfurt am Main
Tel.: +49-69-798-34811 / -34809
Research Policy Special Issue (co-editor) "Path dependent dynamics of emergence and evolution of new industries",
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/research-policy
Socio Economic Review Special Issue "Asian Capitalisms" (co-editor),
http://ser.oxfordjournals.org
SASE Network Q "Asian Capitalisms" (co-organizer),
http://www.sase.org
Recent books:
Institutional Diversity and Innovation - Continuing and
Emerging Patterns in Japan and China
Institutional Variety in East Asia. Formal and informal patterns of coordination (co-edited with Markus Taube, Werner Pascha), Edward Elgar 2011.