Assistant Professor of Public Policy

UW-MADISON • Madison, WI • 3h ago

JOB REQUIREMENTS: Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process. Job Category:Faculty Employment Type:Regular Job Profile:Assistant Professor Job Summary: The La Follette School of Public Affairs (LFS) seeks to hire a scholar whose research examines how market-based institutions, competitive structures, and incentive-compatible policy design can address major societal challenges. The successful candidate will conduct theoretically grounded and empirically rigorous research on the role of markets in domains traditionally shaped by public policy, regulation, or collective action problems. We are particularly interested in scholars who analyze how prices, property rights, competition, decentralized information, and institutional design affect outcomes in areas such as: Education/school finance and school choice Financial regulation and capital markets Housing supply and land-use reform Technology policy and innovation markets Transportation and infrastructure finance International trade and tariffs State and local economic development Climate and environmental policy (e.g., carbon pricing, cap-and-trade systems) Energy markets and grid reform Agricultural policy and food systems The candidate may be an economist, political scientist, public policy scholar, legal scholar, or affiliated social scientist whose work engages deeply with the economic logic of markets and institutional design. We welcome scholars using diverse methodological approaches, including structural modeling, reduced-form econometrics, field experiments, institutional analysis, and political economy frameworks. The successful candidate will contribute to teaching in public policy analysis, microeconomics for policy, regulatory policy, and sector-specific policy courses. They will strengthen LFS\'s capacity to train students to evaluate when markets succeed, when they fail, how policy can improve their functioning, and how government failure represents an omnipresent risk. Situated at the heart of UW-Madison, the College of Letters & Science (L&S) serves as home to 39... For full info follow application link. The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence through diversity and encourage all qualified individuals to apply. If you need to request an accommodation because of a disability, you can find information about how to make a request at the following website: https://employeedisabilities.wisc.edu/disability-accommodation-information-for-applicants/ *** APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: Apply Online: ipc.us/t/AE5529AED5774D09

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