Brown University

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Brown University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Political Economy at the Watson Institute for International & Public Affairs (2025-2027). We seek a scholar interested in studying the emerging area of asset manager capitalism from a political economy perspective. An explicit focus on inequalities is an asset, as is experience in working with large-scale financial datasets. We encourage research proposals that seek to answer big questions about the political economy of capitalism.

The successful candidate will be working with Prof. Mark Blyth at the Rhodes Center for International Economics & Finance at Brown, and with Prof. Benjamin Braun at the European Institute at the London School of Economics. This is a two-year appointment. It is expected that the successful candidate will be primarily located at Brown with occasional short-term research stays at LSE. Ability to conduct and write policy-oriented research, as well as academic research, is essential.

There are no teaching responsibilities. The selected candidate will devote 50% time to projects at the Rhodes Center and 50% time to their own research projects. Brown is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community.