The University Of Queensland School of Economics is appointing four new academics following an extensive global search.
The School reviewed close to 600 international applications, interviewed 41 candidates in Chicago and flew 17 candidates to UQ in its search for quality academics to join its renowned teaching and research staff.
The Head of the UQ School of Economics, Professor Flavio Menezes, said he was delighted by the high standard of the academics they recruited.
“The School of Economics engaged in an exhaustive search to recruit talented junior academics with the potential to become international leaders in economic research,” Professor Menezes said.
“The process was part of the School’s strategy to attract and retain top talent at UQ to fulfill our twin objectives of becoming one the top 50 departments of economics in the world, and to provide a cutting edge, outstanding education in economics to our students.
“The academics we hired will have a significant impact on research produced by our School and will bring additional depth in the areas of macroeconomics and applied economics including health and environmental economics.”
The new academics will commence their appointments at UQ in Semester 2, 2012.
They include Dr Myra Yazbeck, Dr Ian MacKenzie, Mr Satoshi Tanaka and Mr Keiichi Kawai.
Dr Yazbeck is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University in Canada.
With a PhD in Economics from Université Laval, her research interests lie in health and public economics.
Dr MacKenzie currently holds a Postdoctoral research fellowship at the Centre for Economic Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
His research interests include environmental economics, microeconomics, public economics, law and economics, and political economy.
Dr MacKenzie's most recent research was published in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and Oxford Economic Papers.
Mr Tanaka is completing his PhD at the University of Minnesota in mid-2012.
His research interests include macroeconomics, family economics, labour economics, occupational search theory, and quantitative method.
Also relocating from the United States is Mr Kawai who is completing his PhD at Northwestern University, also in mid-2012.
Mr Kawai's research interest lies in Economic Theory, and his research has been published in Games and Economic Behaviours, Japanese Economic Review, and Economics Letters
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UQ School of Economics background
Economics has been part of The University of Queensland's curriculum since its foundation in 1911. The School of Economics is home to an innovative and eminent group of economists; its distinguished history includes Colin G. Clark and Nobel Laureate John C. Harsanyi (one of the founders of modern Game Theory). UQ Economics also has a strong reputation for producing outstanding students.
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