Assistant/Associate Professor in Economics/Finance

The Faculty of Economic Sciences in Moscow and School of Economics and Management in St. Petersburg invite applications for tenure-track Assistant Professor positions (both entry and advanced levels) as well as senior positions with tenure. There are multiple job openings, and candidates from all fields of Economics will be considered. Positions are open to all nationalities, and the knowledge of Russian language is not required as all academic activities, including teaching, are conducted in English.

Our Moscow campus has a special interest in Macroeconomics and Finance.
Our campus in Saint Petersburg has special interests in Spatial Economics and Game Theory. 

Please clearly indicate your interest in a position in our St. Petersburg campus in your cover letter.

Requirements:

• Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in economics, finance, financial economics or a related field, and be in receipt of it prior to the starting date of the contract.
• The successful candidate is expected to produce high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals.
• Senior candidates must demonstrate evidence of excellence in research and teaching. All qualified candidates are urged to apply.

Benefits:

• The salary is internationally competitive with the annual indexation for inflation.
• The university offers health insurance (free of charge) and language assistance; travel support and other research assistance are generous.
• With heavy emphasis placed on high quality research, the teaching load and departmental service of the newly hired faculty is relatively low.

Application Process

All candidates must apply online at AEA JOE (https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listings) . Please submit by December 2nd 2025  (i) a CV, (ii) a statement of research interests, (iii) the job market paper, (iv) at least 3 reference letters and (v) a cover letter. Optionally, you may submit additional papers.

Interviews will be conducted remotely by video starting on December 8th 2025 . 

More information about the university is available at the main HSE website, internationally recruited faculty, the FES website.

For any additional information, please contact Mariya Teteryatnikova at mteteryatnikova@hse.ru or Oleg Baranov at obaranov@hse.ru.

The deadline for the applications is December 2, 2025

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For more information:

• about Tenure Track recruitment - Frequently Asked Questions;
• about HSE university – official web-site;
• about the Faculty of Economic Sciences – https://economics.hse.ru/en/;
• about international specialists' life in Moscow - International Faculty Support page.