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Visiting and Adjunct Professors

IMT seeks the continual presence of Visiting Professors to enhance its intellectual community. Visiting Professors come to IMT to carry out their research, supervising and teaching activity within the PhD programs.

IMT currently hosts a selected number of Visiting Professors, who participate in seminars, research and teaching.

Visiting professors are appointed in the two Research Areas IMT operates in (Economics and Institutional Change and Computer Science and Applications) and can be hosted for variable periods, from one to twelve months per year.

Typically Italian visiting professors have a one-year contract for part-time activity at IMT, while foreign visiting professors have a continuous activity of minimum one-month duration.

Recruitment is a permanent process and it is based on the collection of applications.

Ongoing Recruitment

There is no current call for applications

If you wish to express your interest for visiting professorships, you can fill out our form "Join IMT!"

Past Calls

Chair in International Trade and Related Fields.

In Fall 2008, IMT launched a specific call for a Chair in International Trade and related field, financed by SIMEST and the Italian Ministry for Economic Development. The analysis of the application led the Evaluation Committee - composed of Prof. Fabio Pammolli, IMT Director, prof. Gérard Roland, University of California, Berkeley and Prof. John Sutton, London School of Economics − to the appointment of prof. Andrea Vindigni, who is currently collaborating with the School within the Research Area in Economics and Institutional Change.
Winner: Andrea Vindigni, Princeton University.

Other Research Collaborations

IMT also seeks for research collaborations both for specific research projects and for research assistance/support. Recruitment is a permanent process and it is based on the collection of applications.

Ongoing Recruitment

Research Assistant in Statistics/Econometrics
IMT has launched selection procedure for 2 positions:

Job Title: Research Assistant in Statistics/Econometrics

Deadline for position applications: October 11, 2010 − 12:00 a.m.

Full advertisement below and in attached PDF (97 KB, only in Italian)
Activities
Construction and analysis of large databases relating to various economic systems, at different scales of aggregate within the ESEM − Empirical Analysis and Simulations in Economics and Management Research unit / research Area in Economics and Institutional Change.
Requirements
All the below requirements are compulsory on penalty of exclusion. The selection committee will assess admission requirements, during qualification evaluation, only upon documents provided by the candidate.
  1. Educational qualification
    University Degree in relevant field (statistics, mathematics, physics, economics, finance), obtained according to the existing law 3 November 1999, n. 509, "Laurea Magistrale" or "Laurea Specialistica" in the fields of statistics, mathematics, physics, economics or finance, is compulsory. Equivalent foreign degrees will also be considered.
  2. Language knowledge
    The candidate must prove his/her very good knowledge of Italian language and his/her excellent knowledge of English language.
  3. Skills
    • ability for quantitative analysis of large databases through econometric techniques;
    • ability to analyze the properties of empirical distributions through parametric and nonparametric methods;
    • the knowledge of Matlab, SQL and STATA is a plus.
Contract, duration and salary range
  • Duration: Two years, approximately from February, renewable for up 2 additional years
  • Contract: "Collaborazione Coordinata e Continuativa"
  • Salary range: € 27.000 gross for year
  • Job Location: Lucca, Italy
Application
Applicants have to insert personal data and upload curriculum and letter of introduction in the on line form Join IMT under the "temporary and occasional appointments" − "Other Research Collaboration" section. In the section "Other research collaboration", only applicant who have selected "Economics" as field of activity will be taken into consideration. In the same section it is mandatory to provide indications as to from when and the duration for which you would be available to work at IMT.
Selection procedure
The Selection Committee is appointed by the Director.

The initial selection phase will be an assessment of the above mentioned requirements based on documents provided by the applicants (CV and cover letter), the selection committee will draw a preliminary shortlist of those applicants who will be admitted to the next stage (performance test "prova pratica").

Notification of shortlisted candidates for performance test will be published on the web site and on the Public notification board of IMT by October 18, 2010.

The Performance test will take place on October 21, 2010 at 10:30 a.m. in Via San Micheletto, 3, Lucca.

Based on the outcomes of the performance test the Selection Committee will draw the list of the candidates who will be admitted to the final stage of the selection (interviews). The list of the candidates admitted to interviews will be published on the web site and on the Public notification board of IMT.

Interview will take place on October 21, 2010 at 14.30 p.m. in Piazza San Ponziano, 6, Lucca.

Final graduation   [PDF, 64 Kb]

Admitted to interview   [PDF, 79 Kb]

Admitted to performance test   [PDF, 108 Kb]

Evaluation Committee NEW   [PDF, 67 Kb]

Evaluation Committee   [PDF, 25 Kb]




If you wish to express your interest for other research collaborations, you can fill out our form "Join IMT!"

Past Calls

IMT has launched selection procedure for 2 positions:

Job Title: Research Assistant in Statistics/Econometrics

Deadline for position applications: April 15, 2010

Full advertisement below and in attached PDF (89 KB, only in Italian)
Activities
Preparation, processing and creation of database for developing a business model under the project TeBe: Feasibility project for development technology market applied to enhancing the cultural heritage.
Requirements
All the below requirements are compulsory on penalty of exclusion.
The selection committee will assess admission requirements, during qualification evaluation, only upon documents provided by the candidate.
  1. Educational qualification
    University Degree in relevant field (statistics, mathematics, physics, economics, finance), obtained according to the existing law 3 November 1999, n. 509, "Laurea Magistrale" or "Laurea Specialistica", is compulsory. Equivalent foreign degrees will also be considered.
  2. Language knowledge
    The candidate must prove his/her perfect knowledge of Italian language and his/her excellent knowledge of English language.
  3. Skills
    • Ability for quantitative analysis of large databases through econometric techniques;
    • Ability to analyze the properties of empirical distributions through parametric and nonparametric methods;
    • knowledge of Matlab, SQL and STATA may represent a plus.
Contract, duration and salary range
  • Duration: 7 months (from June 1, 2010 to December 31, 2010)
  • Contract: "Collaborazione Coordinata e Continuativa"
  • Salary range: € 15.000 gross
Application
Applicants have to send detailed Curriculum Vitae and Cover Letter before April 15, 2010 at co_stat@imtlucca.it, recall CO-STAT (in email Object).
Selection procedure
The Selection Committee is appointed by the Administrative Director.

The initial selection phase will be an assessment of the above mentioned requirements based on documents provided by the applicants (CV and cover letter), the selection committee will draw a preliminary shortlist of those applicants who will be admitted to the next stage (interview).

Notification of shortlisted candidates will be published on the web site and on the Public notification board of IMT.

Final decree
Final graduation

Applicants admitted to interview

Interview Schedule

Evaluation Committee
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February 20, 2012