Saturday, April 25, 2009

Wim Duisenberg Research Fellowship Programme, European Central Bank, ECB

The European Central Bank (ECB) is seeking applications from leading senior professionals in academia, central banks and research institutions for the Duisenberg Research Fellowship. Fellowship positions are awarded annually.
Location: Frankfurt

Further details
Successful candidates will be offered an assignment for a period of between three and eleven months during the 2010 calendar year and will conduct economic research on issues of relevance to the ECB in the Directorate General Research (DG-R).
DG-R contributes to the ECB’s monetary policy and its other tasks and functions by conducting economic research and by providing research-based policy advice and analytical tools. In particular, DG-R conducts research in the fields of monetary economics, macroeconomics and finance, and develops, maintains and uses econometric models for forecasting and policy analysis.
The aim of the programme, which was established in 2006, is threefold:
  • to promote policy-relevant research that meets the highest academic standards;
  • to offer research staff at the ECB the opportunity to gain exposure to and experience in the most recent advances in economic research; and
  • to give prominent scholars the opportunity to gain an insight into the policy-making environment of the ECB.

Web address for further details
http://www.ecb.int/ecb/jobsproc/jobs/html/index.en.html

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