Postdoctoral Position in Applied Statistics or - Antwerpen, België - HEC Management School - Liège

HEC Management School - Liège

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Antwerpen, België

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Sophie Dubois

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Beschrijving

Postdoctoral position in

Applied Statistics or Applied Econometrics

University of Liège - HEC Liège (Belgium)1

CONTEXT
Recent research identified
the presence of biases in published empirical findings across the sciences,

with
economics and finance being no exceptions. Biases in published findings, due e.g
. to p-hacking,

pose a threat to the cumulative research process and to evidence-based decision making.

In the framework of a WEAVE initiative jointly funded by Belgian research agencies FNRS and FWO, the

inter-university project "
_Empirical analysis of p-hacking and advancement of methods to promote _

_improved decision making__"_ ambitions to address some of these issues over the period

In this project, we ambition to quantify, for the first time,
the extent of these biases in the finance

literature, and to identify its determinants, such as conflicts of interests. The project will conduct a

large-scale meta-
meta-analysis and aims at developing tailored
anomaly detection methods to

automatically identify these biases in research articles, leveraging recent findings in extreme value

theory and
distributional regression techniques.***The selected postdoctoral researcher is expected to take a leading role in the empirical analyses

conducted during the project, and to contribute significantly to the development of innovative

statistical methods. The exact modalities of her/his involvement can be tailored to the interests of the

This multidisciplinary project is conducted by the research group
in _Applied Statistics and Financial _**
_Econometrics_ at University of Liège - HEC Liège (Prof. J. Hambuckers), and the
_Environmental _

_Economics Group_ **at Hasselt University (Prof. S. Bruns). The postdoctoral researcher will be primarily

a member of the following research centers:_ _
- _the Financial Management for the Future_ group at ULiège

HEC Liège the _Environmental Economics Group_ at Hasselt University3

PROFILE
Ph.
D. in
(applied) statistics, quantitative economics, econometrics, finance, or in applied science

(with an empirical focus and an interest in finance or economics), or equivalent.

Doctoral students close to completing their PhD degree are encouraged to apply.

You have a strong quantitative background, ideally with a focus on (applied) statistics or econometrics

or quantitative economics.

You have a strong research interest in some of the following topics: econometric methods,
(applied) statistics, finance, economics and meta-analysis.

You have excellent problem-solving capacity.

You are cooperative and can work well in teams.

You have very good communicative skills.

You have a very good knowledge of English (French or German is considered a plus).

You will have resided in Belgium for less than 12 months over the previous 36 months at the
beginning of the contract.

You are allowed to work in Europe.

JOB OFFER

Internationally competitive environment supported by two research groups in two
universities, ideal to develop a scientific network for a research career.

Up to 3 years of contract.
You will be appointed and paid as a postdoctoral researcher
(ca. 2850 EUR /month after tax)

Financial support for conference participations and research stays in the framework of the
project is provided.

Small teaching load (open to discussion).

STARTING DATE, APPLICATION PROCEDURE AND QUESTIONS
The expected starting date is October 2024 but negotiable for an earlier or a later date (max. starting

date:
December Applications are considered on a rolling basis. A regular physical presence at

ULiege and UHasselt is expected, as well as participation to the everyday life of the departments (such

as seminars and research events).

Questions may be sent to the same address.