Research Fellow (109858-1024)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Ending 31 October 2025

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Nigel Driffield (Professor - Strategy & International Business Group) at Nigel.Driffield@wbs.ac.uk. 

Following the recent funding of the ESRC productivity Institute, we are seeking to recruit a postdoctoral research fellow to work on a project concerned with FDI in batteries and related sectors, and the implications for productivity in the wider economy. This element is part of a larger project concerned with the drivers of productivity, involving collaborations with others at Warwick, as well as with the wider productivity institute.

You will work primarily with Professor Nigel Driffield on analysis of firm level data, both company level data to analyse the impacts of inward investment across regions and sectors, and to understand the drivers of these differences. This will also involve collaborating on another element of the project concerned with supply chains and productivity analysis.

About You  

You will possess a PhD degree in Economics or International Business with a strong quants component, or closely related discipline (or you will shortly be obtaining it). You should have a strong background in one or more of the following areas:

• Motives for FDI
• Sectoral Analysis
• Productivity analysis
• Attractiveness of locations

You should have excellent skills in field data collection, analysis, and communication.

The start date is around 01 January 2025, but this is subject to some flexibility and negotiation.

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. 

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 07 November 2024 at 11.55 pm

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.

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