PhD scholarships in Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark

Employment type: Full time. Requisition: 4294. Applications are invited for one or more fully funded PhD scholarships at the Department of Economics, University of Southern Denmark, Odense. Depending on academic qualifications, applicants may be enrolled in either the 4+4 or the 5+3 PhD programme.

Both programmes include a research stay abroad, typically of six months’ duration, and offer a competitive full-time salary. We aim to appoint the successful candidate as soon as possible, ideally with a start date of 15 January 2027, while remaining flexible regarding the exact timing.

About the Department and Research Environment The Department of Economics is an international department with a strong tradition of excellence in research and teaching across a wide range of fields within economics. Research, teaching, and outreach activities are organized within four research groups:

• Econometrics and Data Science; Economic History; Macroeconomics; and Microeconomics.
• Further information about the department and its research groups is available on the department website.
• The PhD student will be affiliated with the Historical Economics and Development Group (HEDG), which focuses on Economic History with a strong emphasis on applied microeconomics and causal inference1 …