Applications are sought from exceptionally well-qualified individuals in the area of macroeconomics for a fully funded PhD studentship. Topics of particular interest are the interaction of monetary and fiscal policy, numerical techniques for solving DSGE models, and finance and macroeconomics. Applicants will have a Masters degree in economics or have excellent technical qualifications in areas such as mathematics or statistics.

Professor Charles Nolan will supervise the successful applicant. He was educated at the University of Strathclyde and Birkbeck College, University of London. He worked for eight years as an economist at the Bank of England and has taught at the Universities of Reading, Durham and St Andrews. He is a member of the European Monetary Forum. His research interests are quantitative general equilibrium macroeconomics and monetary theory, international finance and business cycle analysis. He has published in Econometrica, Journal of Monetary Economics, Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking and Economic Journal.

PhD students are provided with dedicated office space and a PC. They have the opportunity to present their work at a PhD workshop series and to attend our research seminars. Students benefit from research methods courses offered by the College of Social Sciences and may, where appropriate, attend relevant MSc courses. RAE 2008 places Economics at Glasgow joint 11th in the UK and top in Scotland on the basis of GPA and research income and ranks all research as being of international quality: 75% is considered to be world-leading and internationally excellent.

The studentship holder will receive an annual bursary (£13,590 per annum) in addition to payment of full fees at the UK/EU/International rate for three years.

Successful applicants will become Graduate Teaching Assistants in Economics and will be expected to teach up to 100 hours of tutorials per year.

Applicants should have a minimum 2.1 undergraduate degree and have/expect to achieve a Masters degree with excellent grades in a relevant subject from a UK university or comparable qualifications from another recognised university.

Application procedure: please email Jane Brittin, Postgraduate Administrator, for information. The closing date for applications is 31 March 2012.