The School of Finance at Nankai University, Tianjin, China, invites applications for tenured/tenure-track faculty positions at all levels in the fields of insurance, risk management and actuarial science, beginning Fall 2022. We particularly welcome candidates motivated by the unique opportunity to build a world-class finance school in a leading Chinese university.

Appointment rank (assistant or associate) will be dependent on qualifications and research history. Qualified candidates for tenure-track positions must hold a Ph.D. in finance, economics, or especially risk management, insurance and actuarial related fields conferred by employment start date, have excellent research and teaching skills, and demonstrate the ability to produce scholarly work at a high level.

Requirements for applicants applying for a senior tenure-track appointment include a Ph.D. in finance, economics, risk management and insurance, actuarial science or related fields, publications in top-tier, refereed journals and evidence of teaching excellence.

About Insurance and Actuarial Disciplines in Nankai University:

Nankai University is one of the pioneers in offering B.A, M.A and Ph.D. in insurance, and takes the lead in actuarial education in China. It also established the first Actuary Examination Center of Society of Actuaries (SOA) in China. Insurance and actuarial disciplines in Nankai have the tradition of integrating with the industry. Over the years, they have been not only making pioneering contributions to industrial practice but also developing fruitful academic research in various subfields including but not limited to risk management and insurance, actuarial theory and application, health insurance and pension, agricultural insurance, disaster risk management and catastrophe insurance.

About School of Finance:

The School of Finance consists of a group of faculty members who obtained their Ph.D. from the world’s top universities who are actively publishing in the top finance and economics journals, such as The Review of Financial Studies, Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Management Science, and Journal of Risk and Insurance. The group has varied interests across all areas of theoretical and empirical economics and finance, including asset pricing, corporate finance, financial econometrics, financial intermediation, risk management and insurance, disaster risk finance and social governance, management, accounting, household finance, international finance, macro-finance, behavioral finance, and market microstructure. In addition, many young scholars, supported by national funds, also contribute to local and national policy-making with economic and financial development research or directly provide policy advice for industrial growth.

About Nankai University:

Nankai University, founded in 1919, is one of the top universities in China. It is a comprehensive university offering a wide array of educational opportunities at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels. Its inclusiveness has attracted both talented students and faculty, forming a stimulating intellectual community. In addition to the prime academic environment, Nankai also provides various family-friendly benefits to its faculty members, such as the resources to the university-affiliated education system.

About the city:

Tianjin, one of China's four municipalities, is an international port city and the largest seaside city in the North of China. It is a large, booming city, with a pleasant river promenade and charming neighborhoods.

We offer competitive compensation packages. Interested applicants should submit their cover letter of application, a curriculum vita, job market paper, evidence of teaching ability, and three references via the following email or through the online system 

http://175.27.243.180/NanKaiJob/index.aspx?l=en-us before Feb. 11, 2022. Please contact recruitfinance@nankai.edu.cn if you have any questions.

Editor: Ma Haisong, New Media Center, School of Finance

Reviewed: Biqian Zang, Hao Ren