Post-doctoral position

[Wolfgang Glänzel]

KU Leuven - Expertisecentrum O&O Monitoring and KU Leuven - Dept. of Managerial Economics, Strategy & Innovation

The Centre for R&D Monitoring (ECOOM) - an interuniversity consortium housed within the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Leuven - is charged with developing a consistent system of R&D and Innovation (RD&I) indicators for the Flemish government. This indicator system is designed to assist the Flemish government in mapping and monitoring the RD&I efforts in Flanders. Within this context, ECOOM is the pre-eminent Flemish institute for the study and application of advanced bibliometric techniques in the evaluation of research, and has become a prominent research centre with international visibility.
The department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation (MSI) is a dynamic and growth-oriented research department within the Faculty of Economics and Business of KU Leuven. Research and teaching at the department span the domains of managerial economics, industrial organization, international business, innovation economics and management, political economy, and entrepreneurship. The department contributes to theoretical and empirical research on the organization of firms, industries and markets in an international context. Research is strongly focused on the development of an analytical basis that allows a better understanding and prediction of firm strategies and industry and market performance in open economies.
ECOOM and MSI are jointly recruiting a
                                Post-doctoral research Fellow
Applicants have the skills necessary to work with the bibliographic and patent databases as well as with indicators drawn from these databases, and should have an interest in bibliometric methods, quantitative science and technology studies and quantitative aspects of communication in science and research policy.
The research fellow contributes to the processing, development, statistical analysis and interpretation of data, intended to initiate, structure, process and report research results and collaborates in the modelling of complex research problems and the application of corresponding analyses. He or she furthermore contributes to bibliometrics related work necessary to accomplish the mission of ECOOM and MSI.
Candidates should have a completed PhD, a strong publication record and should have considerable research experience and original contributions in the field of bibliometrics/technometrics and research evaluation.
Candidates have knowledge of quantitative data processing, bibliometric and statistical methods, and skills in data engineering and information retrieval skill. Knowledge is also expected in computer science, particularly, in the field of text mining, network analysis and visualisation techniques. Fluency in written and spoken English is essential.
We offer a fulltime position in the internationally oriented research environment of the University of Leuven. The appointment will be for a fixed term of four years with flexible starting date. The salary will be determined in accordance with the legal salary grade systems existing at KU Leuven.
The KU Leuven pursues a policy of equal opportunity and diversity.

Applications:
Candidates are invited to apply online before 31 January 2013 at: http://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/vacancies_aapbap/post_doc_positions_humanties.html#business_economics (Postdoctoral fellow in Bibliometrics - ABV2012243).

For more information about the postdoc positions, please contact Dani Vandepoel (dani.vandepoel at kuleuven.be<mailto:dani.vandepoel at kuleuven.be>). More information on the MSI department and ECOOM can be found at www.econ.kuleuven.be/msi<http://www.econ.kuleuven.be/msi> and www.ecoom.be<http://www.ecoom.be>

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