The Center for Economics, Finance and Management Studies (CEFMS)

Hunan University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China

POSITION:

Subject to budget approval, the Institute of Finance at the Center for Economics, Finance and Management Studies (CEFMS) at Hunan University (China) seeks to hire multiple full-time, tenure track faculty members at assistant professor or higher level, to begin in the spring or fall semester of 2017.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. in finance or closely related fields. Applicants must earn a PhD degree by the time reporting to work. Compensation is competitive and includes research support and a housing subsidy.

JOB RESPONSIBILITY:

Applicants with research interests in any finance field are invited to apply. Duties will include teaching courses in finance areas (mostly at graduate level and teaching load is low (fewer than three courses per year) and is comparable to research schools in the U.S. All courses are taught in English.); advising graduate students in their thesis work; engaging in research leading to publications in the main stream SSCI indexed journals of the field; and taking part in services and professional development activities.

ABOUT the CEFMS:

The Center for Economics, Finance and Management Studies (CEFMS) at Hunan University was established in 2013 as a “special international platform” to attract talents from around the world to conduct frontier research, and to provide students with rigorous graduate training. The CEFMS is a college equivalent entity. It independently admits Master’s and Doctoral students and offers positions for post-doctoral fellows. The curriculum is similar to graduate programs in Research I universities in the United States. The CEFMS consists of three institutes: Economics Institute, Finance Institute and Management Science Institute. CEFMS at Hunan University successfully hosted the Asian Finance Association 2015 annual meeting in Changsha, China. The faculty of the CEFMS consists of special-term faculty and full-time faculty. All special-term professors are senior faculty members in major universities in the US. They participate in not only teaching and research but also administration and junior-faculty mentoring. More information about the CEFMS is available at http://cefms.hnu.edu.cn/

Formerly a “211” and “985” school, Hunan University is one of the highly ranked universities in China under direct administration of the Ministry of Education. It is located at the foot of the picturesque Yuelu Mountain in the historically and culturally renowned city of Changsha, capital of Hunan Province.

APPLICATION:

Applicants should send 1) cover letter, 2) detailed curriculum vitae, 3) three letters of recommendation (sent directly by the person who will write the letter), 4) sample research papers, 5) teaching evaluations if available, 6) photocopy or official copy of transcripts to Ms. Liu Huan at the following email address: cefms_finance@163.com

For enquiries, please contact Ms. Liu Huan at email selena0614@126.com or at the phone number (86) 0731-8868 4822. We will conduct interviews at the 2016 FMA meeting in Las Vegas. Selection process will continue until the positions are filled.

Job candidates are welcome to contact any our faculty members for questions or further information！