Research Fellow (Centre for the Analysis of Taxation) (109360-0724)

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Arun Advani (Director of the Centre for Analysis of Taxation) at a.advani@warwick.ac.uk. 

The Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) is a new centre dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of taxation policies and practices. Led by Dr Arun Advani (Warwick) and Dr Andy Summers (LSE), research will be undertaken to generate rigorous quantitative evidence on tax at the top, develop targeted and feasible reforms, and communicate findings transparently to policy, media and civil society stakeholders.

As a Research Fellow, you will undertake research in order to contribute to and support work of the CenTax focussed around the taxation of trusts.

You will hold a good honours degree and a PhD in Economics (or be close to submission), ideally in the area of public economics, with a focus on offshore wealth and tax evasion/avoidance.

Any publication(s) or working papers in the area of offshore wealth and/or tax evasion and avoidance would be an advantage.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure. 

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

If you are near submission or have recently submitted your PhD but have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made as Research Assistant at the top of level 5 of the University grade structure. Upon receipt of evidence of the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow on the first point of level 6 of the University grade structure. 

The Department of Economics at Warwick is consistently ranked among the top economics departments both in Europe and globally. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, 99% of the Department’s research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent - placing us 2nd in the UK for economics.

The base location will be the HMRC Datalab,14 Westfield Avenue, London, E20 1HZ and a London weighting of £5,000 per year will be provided.

Closing date: Sunday 14 July 2024 at 11.55pm
Duration: 3 years.

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the Apply button.