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[TERRENCE JOHN MCDONOUGH <terrence.mcdonough@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The following post may be of interest to subscribers.  I can discuss the position informally if
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                   National University of Ireland,
                                Galway

                      Lectureship in Economics


The Department of Economics wishes to invite applications for the above permanent, fulltime post, to be
filled at either the Junior or College Lectureship level. The appointee is expected to contribute to the
general teaching of the Department, including a graduate programme in Economic Policy Evaluation and
Planning. He/she will also contribute to the research activity of the Department through linking into
existing projects, for example, in the newly established Environmental Change Institute, and/or developing
new lines of research.

Applications are invited from all areas of the discipline, from neoclassical economists and from candidates
approaching these issues from institutional or other non-orthodox perspectives. However, the Department
would like, in particular, to attract candidates who have good quantitative skills and whose teaching and
research interests include one or more of the following: Environmental Economics, Natural Resource
Economics, Rural Development, Regional Development. A good knowledge of the EU economy and EU
policy and practice in these areas is considered desirable.

Applicants should have a postgraduate degree in economics (a Ph.D. is considered desirable), have good
communication skills and demonstrated teaching and research capacity.

Although it is desirable that the successful candidate take up his/her appointment at the earliest possible
date, the starting date and terms are negotiable with the Department Head.

The current salary scales are as follows: 	College Lecturer: 	£36,980 - 48,931					
		Junior Lecturer: 	£22,111 - 31, 361
						
Application forms and particulars can be obtained from the Personnel Office, National University of Ireland,
Galway. Closing date for receipt of applications is July 20, 2001. Further information on the post and the
Department of Economics may be obtained from Professor Michael Cuddy: Tel.: 353-91-750324; Fax: 353-91-
524130; e-mail: { HYPERLINK mailto:michael.cuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx }michael.cuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx or from the Department of Economics Web Page at:
www.nuigalway.ie/ecn