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Postdoctoral Research Position in Risk Management, Decision Making and Insurance - Academic Year 2012-2013
du 25 janvier 2012 au 30 mars 2012
Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania is seeking applicants for one postdoctoral fellowship position in decision making and risk management as applied to natural or technological hazards, terrorism and/or climate change. Applicants will work with the Center’s directors, Howard Kunreuther, Robert Meyer, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan, as well as other post-docs, on a variety of on-going funded projects in these areas, as well be expected to undertake original research.
Applicants should have strong analytic backgrounds, and are welcome to apply from a variety of fields, including behavioral science, environmental science, economics, insurance, psychology, and sociology.
Location: Philadelphia, PA – USA
Starting date: Summer 2012
Length: 1 year (with possibility of renewal)
How to apply:
Please email your C.V., 1 or 2 representative publications or working papers and a letter of
recommendation to Chioma Fitzgerald (ccf@wharton.upenn.edu). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application deadline is March 30, 2012.
Research supervision:
Dr. Howard Kunreuther, Dr. Robert Meyer and Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan
About the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center:
For nearly three decades, the Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of basic and applied research to promote effective corporate and public policies for low probability events with potentially catastrophic consequences. Building on the disciplines of economics, finance, insurance, marketing, psychology and decision sciences, the Center supports and undertakes field and experimental studies of risk and uncertainty to better understand the linkage between descriptive and prescriptive approaches under various regulatory and market conditions.
The Center now includes 70 faculty, research fellows and visiting scholars from all over the world to undertake large-scale initiatives. Providing expertise and a neutral environment for discussion, the Center team is also concerned with training decision makers and promoting a dialogue among industry, governments, interest groups and academics through its research and policy publications and through sponsored seminars, roundtables and forums.
More information at www.wharton.upenn.edu/riskcenter.
Applicants should have strong analytic backgrounds, and are welcome to apply from a variety of fields, including behavioral science, environmental science, economics, insurance, psychology, and sociology.
Location: Philadelphia, PA – USA
Starting date: Summer 2012
Length: 1 year (with possibility of renewal)
How to apply:
Please email your C.V., 1 or 2 representative publications or working papers and a letter of
recommendation to Chioma Fitzgerald (ccf@wharton.upenn.edu). Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application deadline is March 30, 2012.
Research supervision:
Dr. Howard Kunreuther, Dr. Robert Meyer and Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan
About the Wharton Risk Management and Decision Processes Center:
For nearly three decades, the Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania has been at the forefront of basic and applied research to promote effective corporate and public policies for low probability events with potentially catastrophic consequences. Building on the disciplines of economics, finance, insurance, marketing, psychology and decision sciences, the Center supports and undertakes field and experimental studies of risk and uncertainty to better understand the linkage between descriptive and prescriptive approaches under various regulatory and market conditions.
The Center now includes 70 faculty, research fellows and visiting scholars from all over the world to undertake large-scale initiatives. Providing expertise and a neutral environment for discussion, the Center team is also concerned with training decision makers and promoting a dialogue among industry, governments, interest groups and academics through its research and policy publications and through sponsored seminars, roundtables and forums.
More information at www.wharton.upenn.edu/riskcenter.