Call for applications – PhD Positions, University of Antwerp

Call for applications
PhD Positions, University of Antwerp

The Institute of Development Policy (IOB) at the University of Antwerp is looking for a full-time (100%) doctoral scholarship holder in the field of economics and development, with the following characteristics:

• You will work actively on the preparation and defence of a PhD thesis in the field of economics and development. The PhD project will use theory and survey experiments to study inequality and poverty.
• This call is part of the FWO project “Aversion to Income and Lifespan Inequality: Theory and Evidence from 16,000 survey participants in 8 Countries” led by professor Olivier Sterck. This project starts from the observations that global inequality is high. It aims to address three important knowledge gaps. First, there is little empirical evidence on the extent to which people dislike inequality in incomes and in lifespan, especially in low- and middle-income countries. Second, knowledge is limited on how people balance inequality within and between groups when inequality affects groups differently (e.g. gender, race). Finally, little is known on how people make trade-offs between incomes and longevity and how this should be incorporated in normative frameworks.
• You will publish scientific articles related to the research project. See https://oliviersterck.wordpress.com/ for example of previous research papers by the PI of this project.
• You will carry out a limited number of teaching and research support tasks for the Institute of Development Policy (IOB).

More information are available here.

Application deadline: June 5, 2025.