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Junior Faculty Recruitment Program



Terms of appointment

All positions are fixed-term.

Assistant Professors and Post-Doctoral Fellows can be offered an "Assegno di Ricerca", a "Collaborazione a Progetto" or a "Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato" contract.

Type of Contract (a) Requirements Duration Gross Salary Range/Year
Assistant Professor Assegno di Ricerca Can be offered to all candidates Min. 1 year and max. 3 years (with the option of a renewal for a maximum of 4 years) Negotiable; minimum €30,000 - maximum €50,000
Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato (l. 240/2010 art 24, c 3 a) A PhD is required Max. 3 years (with the option of a single renewal for 5 total years) +/- €35,000 (100% of the salary of a tenured researcher as defined by law)
Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato (l. 240/2010 art 24, c 3 b) A PhD is required. To be eligible, the appointee has to have held at least three years of research contracts by the date of appointment. Max. 3 years +/- €45,000 (130% of the salary of a tenured researcher as defined by law)
Collaborazione a Progetto (a) Can be offered to all candidates. Variable Variable on the basis of project funds, but no more than €80,000
Post-Doctoral Fellow Assegno di Ricerca Can be offered to all candidates Min. 1 year and max. 3 years (with the option of a renewal for a maximum of 4 years) Negotiable; minimum €19,360 - maximum €35,000
Collaborazione a Progetto Can be offered to all candidates. Variable Variable on the basis of project funds, but no more than €60,000

Notes:

  1. Contracts cannot be awarded for more than a total of 12 years. The calculation of total duration covers post-doctoral positions as well as research / assistant contracts in universities in Italy or abroad.

Current Calls

  • Control Systems - 1 Assistant Professor Position
    FIELDS: control systems, optimization.
    ACTIVITY: Research, tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students, limited teaching and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities.
    RESEARCH AREA: Computer Science and Applications.
    RESEARCH UNIT: DYSCO - Dynamical Systems, Control, and Optimization.
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a PhD in Mathematics of Engineering. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have a high degree of proficiency functional optimization, machine learning, neural networks, learning from data, dynamic optimization, stochastic optimization, or control systems design based on optimization methods. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications and should demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: three years, renewable for an additional two years.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
  • Applied Economics - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
    FIELDS: International Trade, Human migration and mobility, Data handling, Financial Networks.
    ACTIVITY: Analysis of complex networks with a focus on international trade, human migration and mobility, firm networks and global sciences. Research, tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students, limited teaching and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities.
    RESEARCH AREA: Economics and Institutional Change.
    RESEARCH UNIT: LIME - Laboratory of Innovation Management and Economics.
    PROJECTS: ViWaN - Virtual Water Networks, Crisis Lab.
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a PhD in Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering or in a related field with orientation towards applied research or a four or five year degree if the PhD degree is expected to be earned by the date of appointment. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Candidates should have a high degree of proficiency in the use of mathematical and statistical methods, experience in Applied Research, Data handling, Statistical Analysis and Financial Networks. Candidates must have an excellent record of international publications and excellent communication skills. Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: three total years.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
    Director decree Research Selection Committee − Download decree in Italian
    First meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Selection criteria outlining and agendaJune 4th, 2013
    Second meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Shortlist
    Download preliminary short-list in Italian / English
    Third Meeting of the Evaluation Committee
    PresentationsJune 13rd, 2013 from 9.00am in Piazza San Ponziano, 6 - Lucca
    Fourth meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Final Ranking
    Download list of eligible candidates in English / Italian
  • Applied Economics, Analytics, Statistics, Big Data in the Analysis of Economic Systems and Markets - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
    FIELDS: Applied Economics, Analytics, Statistics, Big Data, Systems and Markets.
    ACTIVITY: Research, tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students, limited teaching and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities. Research in the context of the Crisis Lab project, with particular reference to the analysis of institutional sources as well of the microstructure and dynamics of product markets. Analysis of input-output intersectoral matrices, productivity indicators, etc.
    RESEARCH AREA: Economics and Institutional Change.
    RESEARCH UNIT: AXES - Laboratory for the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems.
    PROJECTS: Crisis Lab.
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a PhD in a related field with orientation towards applied research. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Candidates should have a high degree of proficiency in the use of mathematical and statistical methods. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications and excellent communication skills. Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: one year renewable yearly, for a maximum of three total years.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
    Director decree Research Selection Committee − Download decree in Italian
    First meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Selection criteria outlining and agendaJune 4th, 2013
    Second meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Shortlist
    Download preliminary short-list in Italian / English
    Third Meeting of the Evaluation Committee
    PresentationsJune 13rd, 2013 from 9.00am in Piazza San Ponziano, 6 - Lucca
    Fourth meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Final RankingDownload forthcoming
  • Applied Economics. Economics of Health and Pensions - 1 Assistant Professor Position
    FIELDS: Applied Economics, Health, Pensions, Sustainability, Public Finances.
    ACTIVITY: Research and management of scientific tasks in the framework of the funded project CrisisLab, tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students, limited teaching and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities.
    RESEARCH AREA: Economics and Institutional Change.
    RESEARCH UNIT: AXES - Laboratory for the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems.
    PROJECT: The position will be financed in the context of the CrisisLab project, which deals specifically with the long term projections of health and pensions expenditure; generational accounting; the relationship between demographics, growth, and sustainability of public finances; quantitative analysis of large databases through econometric techniques; the analysis of properties of empirical distributions through parametric and nonparametric methods.
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a PhD in Economics or related field with orientation towards applied research, or a four or five year degree if the PhD degree is expected to be earned by the date of appointment. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have a high degree of proficiency in the use of mathematical and statistical methods. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications and should demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: three years, renewable for one additional year.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
    Director decree Research Selection Committee − Download decree in Italian
    First meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Selection criteria outlining and agendaJune 6th, 2013
    Second meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    ShortlistJune 6th, 2013
    Download preliminary short-list in English / Italian
    Third Meeting of the Evaluation Committee
    InterviewsJune 18th, 2013 Download forthcoming
    Fourth meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Presentations and Final RankingJune 27th, 2013 in Piazza San Ponziano 6, LuccaDownload forthcoming
  • Networks of Networks in Socio-Economic Systems - 1 Assistant Professor Position
    FIELDS: Networks, ICT, Socio-Economic Systems.
    ACTIVITY: Research in the fields of infrastructural networks, queries research, complex networks and dynamic processes; tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students; limited teaching; and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities.
    RESEARCH AREA: Economics and Institutional Change.
    RESEARCH UNIT: NETWORKS.
    PROJECTS: Multiplex - Foundational Research on MULTIlevel comPLEX networks and systems, FOC II Forecasting Financial Crises, e CRISISLAB - Sviluppo di un laboratorio e di un sistema di piattaforme integrate di raccolta e di analisi dei dati sulla prevenzione e la gestione delle crisi nei sistemi economico-sociali.
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a PhD in Computer Science with an orientation towards applied research. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: Candidates must have experience in the fields of logic, computer science, statistical physics, network theory and infrastructural networks. Candidates should also demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: one year, renewable yearly for a maximum of four total years.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
    Director decree Research Selection CommitteeDownload forthcoming
    First meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Selection criteria outlining and agendaJune 5th, 2013
    Second meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    ShortlistJune 5th, 2013
    Download preliminary short-list in English / Italian
    Third Meeting of the Evaluation Committee
    InterviewsJune 14th, 2013 Download forthcoming
    Fourth meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Presentations and Final RankingDownload forthcoming
  • Brain Networks - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
    FIELDS: NMR Analysis, Brain Imaging, Complex Network Theory, Analysis of Communities.
    ACTIVITY: Research activity in the field of Brain Network Analysis, with specific emphasis on the reconstruction of networks from time-signal analysis and the detection of communities. Research, tutorship and mentoring of the Institute's PhD students, limited teaching and participation in the development of the Institute's research activities.
    RESEARCH AREA: Computer Science and Applications.
    RESEARCH UNIT: NETWORKS - Complex Networks.
    PROJECT: Accordo Operativo IMT-IIT (APrICor - Analysis and Processing of Image Correlation).
    FORMAL REQUIREMENTS: Possession of a degree in Physics, Computer Science or related field. An excellent level of both written and spoken English is mandatory.
    SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS: A PhD in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance is preferable. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications, excellent communication skills and international experience in the field. Candidates should demonstrate enthusiasm for performing applied research in an interdisciplinary Research Unit.
    DURATION: One year renewable yearly, for a maximum of three total years.
    Download Full Call  (Bando) only in Italian
    Director decree Research Selection Committee − Download decree in Italian
    First meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Selection criteria outlining and agenda date forthcoming
    Second meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    ShortlistDownload forthcoming
    Third Meeting of the Evaluation Committee
    Presentations date forthcoming
    Fourth meeting of the Research Selection Committee
    Final RankingDownload forthcoming

Selection procedure and criteria

Procedure

A research Selection Committee, appointed by the Director, assesses all applications on the basis online application info and - if provided - reference letters.
Assistant professor Positions: applicants selected on the basis of the preliminary analysis are interviewed at the Job Market Meetings in which the Institute is planning to participate, if applicable to the specific academic sector. Alternatively, individual preliminary interviews may also be conducted at IMT or by conference call. Travel expenses to Lucca for the preliminary interview will not be reimbursed.
Shortlisted candidates are invited for a Job Market Presentation open to IMT faculty members and students. Travel expenses for the Job Market Presentation will be reimbursed.
Post Doctoral fellow positions: shortlisted candidates, selected on the basis of the preliminary analysis, are invited for a research presentation at IMT. Travel expenses to Lucca for the research presentation interview will not be reimbursed.

Selection Criteria

The evaluation criteria are based on:
Quality of research activity, including publications in peer-reviewed journals and references;
Research organization experience and participation in international/national research projects and research periods in public and private institutions (academic and non-academic);
Relevance of the candidate's profile for the development of IMT's research activities;
Teaching, mentoring and supervision experience;
Motivation;
Excellent knowledge of English, both written and spoken;

As well as any other requirements as specified in the advertisement.

Application

Apply ONLINE only.

Before starting prepare the application attachments and information as listed below.

Info

Personal info and contact info (compulsory)
Number of your Identity Document (Passport or Identity Card) (compulsory)
University degree (compulsory) and Ph.D. (obtained, or "ongoing")
Name, position, institution and email address of three referees (compulsory)

An email, with the appropriate instructions to upload the reference letters will be automatically generated and sent to your referees. Please verify with your referees that they have duly received this email. Reference letters are not binding (only the contact info of three referees is mandatory). For this reason there is no particular deadline within which reference letters be sent. Nevertheless, since they represent additional documentation and the Research Selection Committee will take them into consideration when accessing candidates, we strongly recommend that candidates ensure their referees send the letters in a timely fashion. References must be submitted by the referees or by University Placement Offices directly to IMT, preferably through the above mentioned online upload procedure; or -alternatively- by:

Email (researchers.opening@imtlucca.it)
Fax (+3905834326565) Express mail: RPO - IMT - Piazza San Ponziano 6 / 55100 Lucca / (LU) Italy
Nb. Always indicate the title of the position

Indications regarding the starting date and duration for which you would be available to work at IMT (optional)

Attachments

Your CV in English (compulsory);
One research paper (published or working paper): compulsory for both Assistant Professor and Post Doctoral Fellow applications. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to present this research paper in the final stage of the selection. For Assistant Professor applications only: Up to 11 additional papers can be submitted for evaluation if desired (to be attached to your application in a single zip file where indicated in the online form)

Recruitment Program Principles and Standards

IMT Assistant Professors and Post-doctoral Fellows are resident researchers pursuing advanced studies.
IMT is a dynamic center for young researchers. They work closely with other young researchers, graduate students and senior researchers.
Junior Faculty is regarded as IMT's most important investment. All junior faculty members are required to perform a limited load of teaching activities within the Ph.D. programs and supervision/mentoring of Ph.D. students, as well as to contribute to the development of the Research Areas of the Institute.
The remuneration package is competitive at an international level and includes generous research funds. IMT's procedures are in compliance with the European Commission recommendations proposed in the European Charter for Researchers and in the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers . In particular, IMT ensures that researchers will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, age, ethnic, national or social origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, language, disability, political opinion, or social and/or economic conditions. Broad dissemination of information about the openings guarantees that any candidate in any part of the world can compete for the position offered.

Candidates may apply by simply filling out an online application form.

Selection procedure conditions are transparent and are based on international standards. IMT is committed to providing adequate resources to support the research activity of its faculty, as well as full flexibility in working conditions.

Furthermore, IMT recognizes "the value of geographical, intersectional, inter− and trans−disciplinary and virtual mobility as an important means of enhancing scientific knowledge and professional development at any stage of a researcher's career" (European Charter for Researchers, Ref. Value of mobility).
Therefore, it acknowledges any past mobility experience, encourages mobility at all levels and supports research and projects on interdisciplinary topics and collaborations at an international level.

IMT has also signed the " Commitment of Quality Assurance " (PDF, 25 KB) for the EURAXESS Researcher's mobility portal .

Closed Calls

  • Econometrics and Statistics - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position (Deadline November 30th, 2012, 12 pm italian time)
  • Economics - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Input-Output Analysis and Trade Networks - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Analytics - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Analytics for "Crisis Lab" - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Statistical Physics - 2 Assistant Professor Positions
  • Control and Optimization of Dynamical Systems - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Brain Networks - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning Applied to Image Analysis - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Model Predictive Control - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Analytics - 2 Post Doctoral Fellow Positions
  • Data Visualization - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • High Performance Computing, Big Data - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Quantitative Finance - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Statistical Physics - 2 Post Doctoral Fellow Positions
  • Brain Imaging and Computational Morphometry - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Contemporary History - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow Position
  • Law and Economics- 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Economic History - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Stochastic model predictive control for energy systems - 1 Post Doctoral Fellow
  • Art History: Images, Visions and Reactions - 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Art History: Images and Motion - 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow
  • Statistical Physics - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Analysis, Control and Optimization of complex dynamical systems - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Economics and Innovation Management - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Modelling and Analysis of Concurrent Systems - 1 Assistant Professor Position
  • Art History - 2 Post Doctoral Fellow positions
  • Development of innovative algorithms for predictive stochastic control applied to problems in management of electrical systems - 1 Post-Doctoral Fellow position
  • Analysis of dynamic systems, piecewise linear virtual sensors, embedded predictive control - 2 Post Doctoral Fellow positions
  • Complex Data and Image Analysis − 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Networking Systems Engineering − 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Economics − 2 Assistant Professor positions
  • Management Science, Analysis of Complex Systems, Operations - 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Global Computing - 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Computer Science Applications to Cultural Heritage Sites - 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Complex Data and Image Analysis − 1 Assistant Professor position
  • Industrial Energy Efficiency − 1 Assistant Professor position

Past Calls and Statistics

Information about past calls

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