08 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Aalto University, Finland

The Department of Economics at Aalto University invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship, starting no later than September 2024. We prefer candidates with a strong background in urban, transportation or spatial economics. Applicants should hold a doctoral degree (or be near completion of the doctorate) in economics or in a related field. The applicants will be reviewed based on their research and activity in the scientific community. The duration of the postdoctoral fellowship is 2 years, with the possibility to extend to a third year. We offer outstanding research facilities, access to administrative data, time devoted to research, and balance between opportunities to collaborate with faculty and to pursue an independent research agenda. We expect the postdoctoral fellow to carry out and supervise high-quality scientific research, teach one course in urban economics and be an active member of our urban economics research group.

The position is in the Department of Economics of the Aalto University, the leading research-oriented economics unit in Finland. The position is part of a project “Climate Optimal Income Taxation”, funded by Research Council of Finland and led by Professor Matti Liski. The project develops a mechanism design approach to externality problems with redistribution objectives, and it has both theoretical and empirical arms. A successful candidate could have a theory or public finance background with interest in environmental economics, but candidates with broad applied interest are encouraged to apply. The department focuses on theoretical and empirical microeconomics broadly defined. For more information about the Department, please visit: http://economics.aalto.fi/en/ The selected candidate will work as a part of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (HGSE) research community, which consists of researchers from Aalto University, University of Helsinki and Hanken School of Economics. The selected candidate will work as a part of Helsinki Graduate School of Economics (HGSE) research community, which consists of researchers from Aalto University, University of Helsinki and Hanken School of Economics. Environmental economics is one of the research areas in the HGSE, organizing PhD-level teaching, biannual workshops and a seminar series. The research group is hiring another post-doc through University of Helsinki, see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/about-us/careers. 

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 13 000 students, 400 professors and close to 4 500 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community. Aalto University School of Business is the leading business school in Finland. The School belongs to a selected group of business schools in Finland that have been granted the most important international quality accreditations in the field. The School of Business is an innovative and lively community of about 3500 students and 400 members of faculty and staff.

We seek highly qualified and motivated individuals, with an enthusiastic attitude towards high-quality research, to work as Postdoctoral Researchers in the Department of Built Environment ( Department of Built Environment | Aalto University). What we offer: four full-time post doc positions for a period of three years, with a mid-term review, starting between March and September 2024. The positions will be distributed across the Department’s four main research areas:

Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis is an international highly regarded academic community of more than 100 employees, with around 20 professors, 10 lecturers, 20 postdocs, and 45 doctoral candidates. Our department has a particularly welcoming culture, nurturing innovativeness and communication among our international and diverse faculty. The Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis at Aalto University invites applications for a  Postdoctoral Researcher in Mathematics: Geometry and arithmetic arising from knot homology We are looking for a candidate with a strong research background in one or more of the following areas: algebraic geometry, representation theory, arithmetic geometry, automorphic forms, number theory, low-dimensional topology, symplectic geometry, quantum field/string theory, and algebraic combinatorics.

We are looking for talented condensed matter experimentalists to work on flat band superconductivity. In this position you will have a chance to make an impact on the foundations of modern superconducting technology as well as to prepare for new methods of quantum information processing. Our goal is to investigate flat band superconductivity using twisted bilayer graphene (TBG) and engineered stacking faults in graphite as platforms. In the beginning, a large effort will be invested in understanding the superfluid weight in TBG systems, and how the superfluid weight is connected to the kinetic inductance of these materials. In addition, Josephson junctions including flat band superconductors will be constructed and studied. The planned measurements will be centered in circuit QED type of measurements at microwave frequencies. The implications of this fundamental flat band work will then be applied to multilayered graphite with stacking faults. Properly engineered graphite may form a system that eventually provides a robust room temperature superconductor for technological applications.

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 13 000 students, 400 professors and close to 4 500 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community. At the Department of Applied Physics, our pioneering research in physical sciences creates important industrial applications that hold great technological potential. Our research focuses on Materials physics; Quantum technology; Soft & living matter; and Advanced energy solutions. Topics extend from fundamental research to important applications. We educate future generations of research and development professionals; data specialists; technology experts; inventors; and scientists for industry and society.