Open Position: Full Professor or Associate Professor(Research Fields: Applied Microeconomics)
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics
Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi Campus, 2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo(About a 10-minute walk from the South Exit of JR Kunitachi Station)
Place of Work

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Job title# of Positions
SalaryFull Professor or Associate Professor
1
Annual salary will be determined based on the University’s salary regulations and its evaluation onapplicant’s performance.
An example of annual salary:[Full Professor] JPY 7,000,000～[Associate Professor] JPY 6,000,000～*This is an example in the regulations and the exact amount will be determined based on theUniversity’s evaluation on applicant’s performance.

Starting date

April 1,2025 or September 1,2025 or later

Employment[Full Professor or Associate Professor] Tenured - Non-tenure track

TermProbation

6 months

PeriodThe Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a tenured
associate professor position or a full professor position, starting on April 1 or September 1, 2025. The
start date of the appointment is negotiable.
We are interested in candidates with research interests in the fields of applied microeconomics,
especially international economics. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon theJob
Description

candidate's qualifications.
The successful candidate will teach mainly applied microeconomics courses (especially internationaleconomics) for graduate students and for undergraduate students via seminars and lectures. A
tenured successful candidate is expected to teach 3 classes (6 credits) in addition to undergraduate
and graduate seminars. Note that each class meets 13 times (105 minutes each) twice a week during
an academic quarter. Administrative duties include shared responsibility for committee membershipand entrance examinations.

Qualifications(requiredskills,experiences,etc.)

Requirements for the position:(1) Ph.D. in relevant fields(2) Fluent communication skills and teaching skills in English(3) Candidate must have ability to advise students in Japanese or English and to perform
administrative tasks (such as producing documents and participating in meetings) in Japanese.
- Workhours are deemed as 7 hours and 45 minutes per weekday / 38 hours and 45 minutes per week,Work Hoursin accordance with the Discretionary Work System for Professional Work.
- Work days are 5 days a week, Monday through Friday.

Days off

Saturdays and Sundays, national holidays, year-end and New Year days off; Other days as
designated by the president of the university.
Annual paid leave of 20 days per calendar year (January 1 to December 31), but 15 days in 2025

Leave

(April 1 to December 31)
Other paid leave: childcare leave, nursing care leave, maternity leave, bereavement leave, etc.
Unpaid leave: sick leave, etc.

SocialEnrollment in Employment Insurance, Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance, Employees’

Insurances

Pension and Health Insurance

Selection(1) First Stage: Document screening.
(2) Second Stage: Seminar Presentation and interview (online or hybrid).

Application

Applications should include (1) a cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, in English or Japanese, (3) a list

Documentsof academic works (please specify peer-reviewed publications) and presentations, and educational

activities, (4) the names and e-mail addresses of reference, (5) electronic files of three research
papers.
How toSubmit anApplication
Application

Please send the application packet as a single pdf file to applied-micro-rec2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jp
with the subject line “Application for Applied Microeconomics.” For (2), (3), and (4), an English CV
with all information is also fine. Please note that we will not return your application documents.
These documents will be used only for selecting a qualified candidate.
The application must arrive no later than September 9, 2024 (Japan Standard Time)Deadline
Notification of

Only qualified candidates will be contacted via e-mail or phone to arrange an interview by October

results

30, 2024.

Interview

By October 2024 (The date is negotiable. )Date
Policy ofreturning theApplication documents will not be returned. After an application has been processed, all submitted
documents will be disposed of immediately in an appropriate manner.

documents
Point ofSearch Committee (Applied Microeconomics)

contact

Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University(PostalE-mail: applied-micro-rec2024[@]econ.hit-u.ac.jpaddress)

Please contact us by e-mail using the headline "Inquiry: Position in Applied Microeconomics".
・The English job titles “Professor” and “Associate Professor” correspond to the Japanese “Kyoju”
and “Junkyoju”, respectively.
・ Acting on the objectives of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society, we welcome applications fromfemale scholars and students.
・ Personal information obtained from application documents is used solely for the purpose ofconducting statistical surveys and operations related to recruitment and post-employment
personnel / salary / welfare, health management, labor, hygiene, employment / retirement, oncampus system and facility usage management and will not be used nor provided to a third party

Notes

for any purpose other than these purposes. However, if it is necessary to achieve these purposes,
we may outsource the handling of the information to an external organization that has concluded
a confidentiality agreement with the university.
・Smoking is prohibited on the campus except for designated smoking areas.
・Applicants will be responsible for transportation costs to the interview site.
・Hitotsubashi University is an equal opportunity employer in the spirit of the Basic Act for GenderEqual Society.
・Although the University does not have staff housing, it may be possible to use staff housing atpartner universities.