Phd Scholarship in Qut’s School Economics and Finance, Australia

QUT’s School of Economics and Finance is seeking three PhD students toundertake study in the areas of behavioural economics and appliedmicroeconometrics.

The scholarships are attached to a large international research groupsponsored by the Australian Research Council, AusAid, the World Bank, theFord Foundation and the German Labour Institute (IZA) as well as aninternational collaboration with European companies.The successful applicants will work with researchers from the AustralianNational University and the QUT-based National Centre for EconometricResearch.

They will be expected to follow standard economic PhD coursework in allfields of economics and to engage in a variety of analyses, such as handlinglarge-scale data sets on migration in China, performing economic experimentsin Australia with and without measuring heart rates, or developing atheoretical view of human decision making (including migration, networkformation and attitudes towards risk and collaboration).

Application criteria

• At least an Honours 2A or international equivalent thereof ineconomics or closely related subfield.
• Good verbal and written English language skills.
• A proven high ability in the use of analytical methods, as witnessedby courses in statistics/ economic modelling/game theory/mathematics, orelse prior work of a high analytical quality.
• The ability to work with world-class researchers from many differentcountries (Australia, the United States, England, China, Indonesia, Germany)and the desire to become a research-oriented economist.

The school is offering three full-time scholarships to the value of $26,140per annum (tax exempt and indexed annually) for three years.

Top up scholarships and/or Research Assistant work may be available.The successful applicants will be based in Brisbane.

For more information about the research projects, please contact ProfessorPaul Frijters (phone (07) 3138 2947 or email p.frijters@qut.edu.au) orAssociate Professor Uwe Dulleck (phone (07) 3138 9103 or emailuwe.dulleck@qut.edu.au).

For more information regarding the application process, please visit http://www.openscholarship.info/www.bus.qut.edu.au/faculty/schools/economics/research/phdscholarships.jsp