Postdoc in Behavioral and Applied Microeconomics

Organisation/Company Copenhagen Business School Department Department of Economics Research Field Economics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Denmark Application Deadline 31 Jan 2026 - 12:00 (Europe/Copenhagen) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Jun 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant Postdoc in Behavioral and Applied Microeconomics at the Department of Economics. The Department of Economics provides research, teaching, and knowledge transfer within the core areas of economics, i.e. microeconomics, macroeconomics, and quantitative methods. The department is especially active in business-related economic research, and hosts two research centres: Pension Research Centre (PeRCent), and Copenhagen School of Energy Infrastructure (CSEI). The department is responsible for teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels in economics at various study programs at CBS, including the graduate program of Applied Economics and Finance and the MSc in Advanced Economics and Finance. High priority is given to research support, travel support, and access to data. The Postdoc will work with Associate Professor Luigi Butera (Copenhagen Business School) and Professor Dmitry Taubinsky (UC Berkeley) and their research team, which is a young, energetic group of faculty, graduate students, and full-time research assistants who come from UC Berkeley, CBS, and other institutions. The position is based at Copenhagen Business School, with options to visit UC Berkeley. At the end of the Postdoc, Butera and Taubinsky expect the Postdoc to have completed co-authored manuscripts with them and their team, and they will provide strong support on the academic job market. Butera and Taubinsky will work with the Postdoc to offer a clear publication pipeline and career-development support. The Postdoc is expected to collaborate on the following research agendas. For each of the three research agendas, the research team will construct novel datasets that merge large-scale survey/choice experiments with rich Danish administrative data. The first agenda will bring to scale our understanding of the determinants of people’s subjective well-being, people’s preferences over aspects of wellbeing, and people’s forecasts of their own and others’ wellbeing. The second agenda investigates at scale how people’s (mis)perceptions about their own past and future financial situation, as well as a host of other potential behavioral biases, shape their key economic choices. The third agenda seeks to understand how emotionally-charged but transitory life events with no long-term consequences impact people’s financial and health decisions—and the role of memory as a mechanism. The Postdoc is a non-tenured position for a three-year period with research obligation and without teaching obligation. To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department. Qualifications The applicant must hold a PhD in Economics (or adjacent disciplines) by July 2026 or the equivalent. In assessing applications, particular emphasis will be placed on the following: Proven experience in applied micro-econometric methods and survey/experimental design. Experience with administrative data (especially from Denmark) and knowledge of Danish are a plus. You are a team player who likes to take initiative and go after ambitious and novel research questions. Emphasis is placed on research relevant to the job description. The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities). For further information please contact: Associate Professor Luigi Butera, tel.: , e-mail . Information about the department may be found at . Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation. Application Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below. Application must include: A summary of the candidate’s main strengths and abilities. A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 5 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement. Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration). Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation. Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level. Transcript(s) and a full CV. Contact details of three references. Recruitment procedure The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline. The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment. Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application. Closing date: 31 January 2026. Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline. Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply for the position.An appointment committee will review the applications and invite a selection of qualified candidates to an interview. One of Copenhagen Business School's strategic goals is the promotion of diversity, which is why every effort has been made to ensure a recruitment process that reduces potential bias.Applicants are therefore encouraged not to include a photo or unnecessary personal information in their application. Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at . #J-18808-Ljbffr