The aim of the Institute shall be to contribute, by its activities in the fields of higher education and research, to the development of the cultural and scientific heritage of Europe... This aim shall be pursued through teaching and research at the highest university level…, the Institute shall develop interdisciplinary research programmes on the major issues confronting contemporary European society, including matters relating to the construction of Europe.

(Convention setting up a European University Institute, art 2)

The European University Institute is seeking applicants for the position of

Director of the Programme on ‘Global Economics’

within the framework of its Global Governance Programme at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies.

The Programme on ‘Global Economics’ will focus on the connected fields of the economic and financial trends of the global economy and the mechanisms of global economic governance. It aims particularly at the themes of international trade, global economic imbalances and crises, exchange rates and capital movements, the reform of the international economic and monetary system and the regulation of the financial system.

Further particulars on the programmes, vacancy, and the application procedure are available on the EUI website or from the Director of the Academic Service, Dr. Andreas Frijdal.