Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate: Industrial Organization

Professor Mert Demirer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Michael Rubens at UCLA are seeking highly-skilled, collaborative, and motivated individuals as full-time research assistants (Pre-Doctoral Technical Associate, PA) beginning in the summer of 2024. The position will include close collaboration on new and ongoing projects in industrial organization. The selected candidate(s) will gain exposure to and training in a broad set of research approaches and methodologies useful for applying to graduate programs.

The position will be on renewable one-year contracts, with a preference for applicants who can work for two years. Pre-doc associates will be fully integrated into the local research community. They will interact with Economics Ph.D. students, faculty, and other PAs. The faculty will provide mentorship and support the PA through the process of preparing for and applying to Ph.D. programs.