Postdoctoral Fellow Full-time

Postdoctoral Fellow

The Department of Economics is hiring one full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to start in Fall 2026 to work with Associate Professor Peter Bergman. The Fellow will contribute to a research program focused on AI applications for economic mobility, such as randomized evaluations of AI-driven interventions in housing, education, and workforce development, and building evaluation infrastructure for AI deployments in social sector organizations. The researcher would work 75% time on our projects and 25% time on their own, with opportunities to take advantage of our partnerships to spin off their own projects.

Responsibilities include designing and managing randomized controlled trials, algorithmic design, coding algorithms and estimators, drafting and revising research papers for peer-reviewed journals, creating presentations and contributing to grant proposals.

Required Qualifications

• Ph.D. in economics, public policy, or a closely related quantitative field (completed no more than three years prior to the start date, or having completed all requirements for the Ph.D. by the start date)

• Strong training in causal inference and empirical research methods

• Proficiency in Stata, R, Python, or similar

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with field experiments, applied microeconomics (education, housing, labor), administrative data, or AI/machine learning applications in social science research.

Salary Range

$75,000

Working Conditions

Standard office environment, 8am – 5pm

Required Materials

• CV

• Cover letter describing research interests

• Job market paper or writing sample

• Three (3) letters of reference