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                   National University of Ireland,
                                Galway

                      Lectureship in Economics


The Department of Economics wishes to invite applications for the above 
permanent, fulltime post, to be 
filled at either the Junior or College Lectureship level. The appointee is 
expected to contribute to the 
general teaching of the Department, including a graduate programme in Economic 
Policy Evaluation and 
Planning. He/she will also contribute to the research activity of the 
Department through linking into 
existing projects, for example, in the newly established Environmental Change 
Institute, and/or developing 
new lines of research. 

Applications are invited from all areas of the discipline, from neoclassical 
economists and from candidates 
approaching these issues from institutional or other non-orthodox perspectives. 
However, the Department 
would like, in particular, to attract candidates who have good quantitative 
skills and whose teaching and 
research interests include one or more of the following: Environmental 
Economics, Natural Resource 
Economics, Rural Development, Regional Development. A good knowledge of the EU 
economy and EU 
policy and practice in these areas is considered desirable. 

Applicants should have a postgraduate degree in economics (a Ph.D. is 
considered desirable), have good 
communication skills and demonstrated teaching and research capacity. 

Although it is desirable that the successful candidate take up his/her 
appointment at the earliest possible 
date, the starting date and terms are negotiable with the Department Head.

The current salary scales are as follows:       College Lecturer:       £36,980 
- 48,931                                        
                Junior Lecturer:        £22,111 - 31, 361
                                                
Application forms and particulars can be obtained from the Personnel Office, 
National University of Ireland, 
Galway. Closing date for receipt of applications is July 20, 2001. Further 
information on the post and the 
Department of Economics may be obtained from Professor Michael Cuddy: Tel.: 
353-91-750324; Fax: 353-91-
524130; e-mail: { HYPERLINK mailto:michael.cuddy@nuigalway.ie 
}michael.cuddy@nuigalway.ie or from the Department of Economics Web Page at: 
www.nuigalway.ie/ecn