Post-Doctoral Position at the Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, University of Sao Paulo, BrazilResearch Project: The post-doc researcher will participate in a multidisciplinary research project involving the areas of Economics, Urban Planning, and Transport Engineering on the consequences of urban sprawl on the cities of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The project is funded by the São Paulo State Science Foundation (FAPESP) and the State Secretary of Urban Development.
Skills Requirement: The specific task of this post-doc position is in the economic part of the project. The candidate must have concluded his/her Ph. D. program after 2019, be fluent in spatial econometrics, causal inference, and machine learning, be familiar with large-scale databases using R, Python, Stata, and similar software, and be familiar with SQL. Using satellite imagery to identify the evolution of the spatial distribution of population and jobs is also required. The objective is to apply innovative sources of information about people's movements with recent methods of analyzing large masses of data.
Participation: The tasks will be developed at the University of Sao Paulo Urban and Regional Economics Lab – NEREUS. The candidate will have a workstation at the NEREUS Lab and must participate physically in all the Lab's academic activities, such as seminars and conferences.
Language: Interactions could be in Portuguese or English, but all documentation and research material will be in Portuguese. Therefore, the ability to read in this language is a necessary condition.
Duration: 24 months.
Application Process: Proposals must be sent to ****** between October 20 and November 20, 2024. They must include a diploma or certificate of conclusion of a Ph. D. program, a detailed CV, and a statement of interest.
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