University of Glasgow, College of Social Sciences
Research Associate in International Economic History (2 Posts)
Institution Type: | College / University |
Location: | United Kingdom |
Position: | Research Professional |
University of Glasgow
College of Social Sciences
Adam Smith Business School
Research Associate in International Economic History (2 Posts)
Vacancy Reference: 016726
Salary: £33,943 - £38,183 per annum
You will be part of the ERC-funded project The Making of a Lopsided Union: Economic Integration in the European Economic Community, 1957-1992 (EURECON) led by Dr Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol (See http://e-mourlon-druol.com/eurecon/ for more details). These postdoctoral positions are expected to begin on 1 September 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter, and are available for 2 years.
The EURECON Project:
The goal of EURECON is to explore European policymakers’ views about how to make the organisation of the European Economic Community (EEC) fit for the creation of a single currency, from 1957 to 1992. It is often said that the euro has faults of conception. But how did this happen? How was the euro made in such a way that it nearly completely overlooked some critical aspects of monetary unions? The assumption is that in the run-up to the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, European policymakers just did not think properly about how to make the Euro work. Was this really the case? Did European policymakers really overlook the economic foundations of European monetary union?
The project aims to examine European policymakers' debates and proposals, understand the reasons for their success or failure, identify the dynamics of political and economic trade-offs and compromises, shifting priorities, and alternative approaches that were abandoned at the time but recycled later. The project focuses on five work packages: macroeconomic policy coordination, fiscal transfers, capital market integration, banking harmonisation/supervision and the deepening of the common/single market. The project will examine the origins of the issues that are currently bedevilling the European Union (EU) by investigating the period between the creation of the EEC in 1957 and the decision to create a European single currency in 1992.
Applicants should focus specifically on the role of one of the following actors/factors:
• Commercial banks
• Big business
• Trade unions
• The spread and influence of economic ideas on the evolution of European economic cooperation and integration
Closing date: 17 April 2017.
The University has been awarded the Athena SWAN Institutional Bronze Award
The University is committed to equality of opportunity in employment.
The University of Glasgow, charity number SC004401
Contact: |
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Emmanuel Mourlon-Druol (Emmanuel.Mourlon-Druol@glasgow.ac.uk)
For full details on the position and to apply online, please visit: www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs |
Website: | http://www.glasgow.ac.uk/jobs |
Primary Category: | None |
Secondary Categories: | None |
Posting Date: | 02/07/2017 |
Closing Date | 04/17/2017 |