The Department of Economics at the University of Piemonte Orientale in Novara (Italy) (http://semeq.unipmn.it/) is opening a position for a Research Assistant from October 2009, tenable for one year.

The Research Assistant will collaborate on the project ‘Multinational Corporations and their linkages with the local context in Italy’, directed by Prof. Roberta Rabellotti (http://www2.dse.unibo.it/prin/prin2008/units.php?id=Novara ). The objective of such a position is that the holder will be responsible for the collection of firm-level data through a questionnaire survey to be submitted to subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations located in Italy and to other actors (local firms, institutions, etc.). The Research Assistant will also be involved in the creation of the dataset and in the analysis of the data collected.

Applicants are requested to have a doctorate in economics or related fields (economic geography, development, innovation studies, etc.). Relevant specialist knowledge and experience on Multinationals Corporations will be an advantage, as well as some basic knowledge of Social Network Analysis. Good knowledge of Italian and English are a requirement. Doctoral students should only apply if they are in the stage of submitting their thesis and will be able to start working full-time on the project from October 2009. The successful applicant will also have demonstrably excellent communications skills, an ability to analyse data and good organisational abilities.

Salary: 18,908 Euros per annum

Closing date: 31^st May 2009

Interview date: to be confirmed

If interested send an e-mail attaching your CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Opening—Associate Director, Resource and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service.The mission of the Economic Research Service (ERS) is to anticipate economic and policy issues related to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural development, and conduct sound, peer-reviewed economic research that broadly and specifically informs public program and policy decisions.  ERS is a primary source of economic information and research in the U.S. Department of Agriculture and its program also informs Congress, policy officials, the research community, and the public at large.

The success of ERS in its mission to conduct research and develop information that informs policy decisions is influenced heavily by the agency’s senior leaders and program managers.  The Associate Director for the Resource and Rural Economics Division (RRED) fully participates with the Division management team in the overall responsibility for planning, development, and review of the Division program of research and analysis as well as data development supporting the research.  Current priority research topics include agriculture’s role in climate policy, the impact of broadband on rural economic development, the economics of land markets including effects of biofuels, and the changing structure of U.S. agriculture.  RRED has responsibility for USDA’s estimates of farm income and reporting on major land uses.

Applications will be accepted through May 20, 2009 and additional information on the position, required qualifications, and application process can be found at the link below.  If the link does not work, please search usajobs.gov for job announcement number:  ERS-2009-0058.

http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/getjob.asp?JobId=80607143&AVSDM=4%2F22%2F2009+9%3A35%3A23+AM

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