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University of Texas at Austin
Tenure Track Nonmarket Strategy/Political Economy Position
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A Social Scientist carries out and facilitates social science research to better understand human behavior. Involves activities such as analysis of laboratory results, quality control, data management, and presentations of findings. May utilize statistic or other data analysis software such as SPSS, STATA or SAS.
$62,178 / year median in Texas
+10% projected growth
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Tenure Track Nonmarket Strategy/Political Economy Position University of Texas at Austin - 4.2 Austin, TX Job Details Tenure track 6 hours ago Qualifications Publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals Academic publishing Full Job Description Description The Department of Business, Government & Society (BGS) at the University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business invites applications for an assistant professor (tenure track) position in nonmarket strategy/political economy effective August 16, 2027. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research focuses on global political economy, including but not limited to firms' and industries' roles in geopolitics/economics, trade, and resource/environmental economics. The BGS department (https://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/departments/BGS) is an interdisciplinary group that teaches future leaders at all levels of McCombs' curriculum how to recognize and respond to the political, social, legal, and ethical expectations that businesses face. BGS aims to contribute to important public policy debates in these and related areas through research that applies rigorous social science methods to relevant nonmarket strategy/political economy questions. The school's location in Austin is particularly attractive to faculty interested in connecting with a thriving business community and the Texas state government. For more details on the school and the department, please visit http://www.mccombs.utexas.