Post-Doctoral position

Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Project: Fapesp 2024/01097-2, CCD -Centros de Ciências para o Desenvolvimento

The research project: The post-doc researcher will participate in a multidisciplinary research project involving the areas of Economics, Urban Planning, and Transport Engineering on the consequences of urban sprawl on the cities of Sao Paulo State, Brazil. The project is funded by the São Paulo State Science Foundation (FAPESP – Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) and the State Secretary of Urban Development (Secretaria de Desenvolvimento Urbano do Estado de São Paulo).

Skills requirement: The specific task of this post-doc position is in the economic part of the project. The candidate must have concluded his/her Ph. D. program after 2019, be fluent in spatial econometrics, causal inference and machine learning, be familiar with large-scale databases using R, Python, Stata, and similar software, and be familiar with SQL. Using satellite imagery to identify the evolution of the spatial distribution of population and jobs is also required. The idea is to associate the rapid development of analysis techniques and ways of obtaining information via artificial intelligence with the growing availability of massive and detailed databases. The objective is to apply innovative sources of information about people's movements with recent methods of analyzing large masses of data.

Participation: The tasks will be developed at the University of Sao Paulo Urban and Regional Economics Lab – NEREUS (Núcleo de Economia Regional Urbana da Universidade de São Paulo), at the USP main campus in Sao Paulo. The candidate will have a workstation at the NEREUS Lab and must participate physically in all the Lab’s academic activities, such as seminars, conferences, etc.

Language: Interactions could be both in Portuguese or English, but all documentation and research material will be in Portuguese. Therefore, ability to reading in this language is a necessary condition.

Location: USP Campus, Cidade Universitária, Sao Paulo

Duration: 24 months

Remuneration: BRL 12.000,00 per month

The candidate must have concluded her/his Ph. D. program after 2019

The proposals must be sent to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.between October 20 and November 20, 2024. They must include a diploma or certificate of conclusion of a Ph. D. program, a detailed CV, and a statement of interest.

Details on the FAPESP Post-doctoral fellowships at https://fapesp.br/en/postdoc