POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in PUBLIC ECONOMICS - Deadline May 17 2026
(“Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality”)
University of Roma Tre - Department of Law
The Department of Law at the Roma Tre University wishes to make 2 (TWO) one-year appointments to join our growing research team of scholars working in the fields of income and wealth distribution, the economics of climate transition, income and wealth taxation, and the redistributive effects of public policies.
The successful candidates will be collaborating part-time in the development of a research project. The researchers will be responsible for analysing microdata, time series of aggregated data, conducting bibliographic research, and redacting in-depth documents about the specific objectives of the research project. The position also encourages the candidates to devote a substantial amount of time to advancing their research agenda.
The fixed-term contract runs for 12 months, and renewal can be granted, subject to a positive evaluation of the research and collaboration outputs. The researchers are expected to have a regular presence in the department (e.g. at least 2/3 days a week).
The successful candidates are welcome to support the organization of the Inequality in Rome seminar series run by our research team (see details here).
Finally, the postdoctoral researchers can have the opportunity to build ties with and contribute to the GC Wealth Project, a core project of the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York in collaboration with the University of Roma Tre, Law department. This will include an affiliation as an Associated Researcher with the Stone Center, as well as the possibility to work collaboratively with colleagues based in New York and, potentially, visiting the Stone Center.
The Project “Drivers and consequences of rising economic inequality "
The topics of this call for proposals include the analysis of the distribution of wealth, income, and inequality of opportunity; the positive and normative analysis of income, wealth, and property taxation, as well as inheritance and gift taxes; and the positive and normative analysis of public debt policies; The candidate’s contribution to the research project requires proven expertise in the field of economic research on income and wealth distribution, public economics, income and wealth taxation, carbon pricing, and the economics of the ecological transition. Preferred qualifications include: excellent knowledge of English; proven experience in analyzing microdata (sample surveys and administrative data); knowledge of software and programming languages for statistical and econometric analysis, and strong proficiency in writing programming code; research experience in scientific-disciplinary field 13/ECON-03, appropriately documented by working papers and publications; a cover letter and any letters of recommendation.
Terms
Appointments will be on a one-year fixed-term contract based in Rome and will get a desk space at the Department of Law.
The annual gross salary will be:
€ 40.000 (Gross amount for the employer)
€ 32.427,17 (Gross amount for the employee).
The contract is not subject to income taxes but only to employees' social contributions (to be subtracted from the "gross amount for the employee")
Application Procedure
Submit the documents and filled-in forms as requested by the Public Call for applications (in Italian) and attachment.
The application forms and all the material (including up to 3 letters of reference) can be submitted to the certified email (PEC) ricerca.giurisprudenza@ateneo.uniroma3.it
The closing date for applications is May 17, 2026.
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For any additional information: smorelli@uniroma3.it
For more information about the research activity of the faculty and research team in economics and public economics at University of Roma Tre, Law Department, please visit our dedicated website
https://sites.google.com/view/inequality-in-rome/