Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Health Economics - Ref: 26-10

The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

is recruiting a

Research Associate (Post-doc, f/m) in Health Economics

• Ref: 26-10
• 2 years fixed-term working contract at LISER
• Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Labour Market department & Health & Health Systems Research Programme
• Work location: Belval (Luxembourg)

LISER invites highly qualified and motivated applicants for the position of Research Associate (post-doc level) in Health Economics within the Labour Market department (which hosts the Cellule d'analyse d'impact des politiques de développement (CAIPD)) and the cross-departmental Research Programme on Health & Health Systems. The postdoctoral researcher will work under the joint supervision of Prof. Marc Suhrcke, who is leading the Health & Health Systems Research Programme, and of Dr. Michel Tenikue, who is the Principal Investigator of the CAIPD project.

The successful candidate should have a strong interest and experience in health economic evaluation and decision analysis. A specific knowledge about evidence-informed health insurance benefit package design would be extremely valuable. Good expertise in micro-econometric modelling would also be desirable, as would an interest in – and experience working on – low and middle income countries.

Your role

The Research Associate will be asked to:

• lead and conduct cost-effectiveness (CEA) and distributional or extended CEA (DCEA or ECEA) modelling, with a view to informing the optimal design of health insurance benefit packages in Senegal (initially) ;
• contribute to developing the health-related cost-effectiveness work in LISER more widely, as needed and feasible (e.g. via contribution to other funded projects, funding applications, policy briefs, etc.) ;
• design and oversee related data collection (patient costs, intervention costs, healthcare costs, etc) ;
• engage policymakers through policy-briefs, stakeholder presentations and workshops ;
• produce – in collaboration with researchers in LISER and with external collaborators – excellent research output, which can be published in high-ranked, peer-reviewed journals.

Your profile

• PhD in Health Economics, Development Economics, Public Health or similar disciplines (awarded or near completion) ;
• Demonstrated experience in CEA ;
• Experience with ECEA or DCEA analysis would be desirable ;
• Experience in the evidence-based development of health benefit package design would be desirable ;
• Experience in primary data collection, preferably in LMICs (esp. West Africa) would be desirable ;
• Experience in quasi-experimental evaluation methods and causal inference would be desirable ;
• Strong academic writing skills and a track record of peer-reviewed publications or high-quality working papers ;
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary, international team ;
• Excellent written and spoken English (proficiency in French would be considered as an asset).

LISER particularly encourage female researchers to apply

What we offer

• A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment ;
• Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking ;
• Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Labour Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.) ;
• Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences) ;
• 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.

How to apply

Please submit your complete application in English via https://jobs.liser.lu/jobs by including the following documents :

• Curriculum vitae ;
• Motivation letter ;
• Recent piece of research ;
• Copy of your PhD diploma ;
• Contact details for two referees.

Early application is encouraged as the applications are processed upon reception.

The position will remain open until filled.

Why LISER?

LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level.

The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH) and of Science and Technology (LIST). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform.

LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer