Junior Professor contract

Deadline
September 01st 2025
Contact
Scientific contact: Fanny Henriet (fanny.henriet@univ-amu.fr), Admin contact: Isabelle Mauduech (isabelle.mauduech@univ-amu.fr)

This page is solely intended to provide practical information. It is not possible to submit an application here. Applications must follow the official procedure detailed on the Odyssée platform of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, available at the following address: https://odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr, using reference 252963.

 

Synthetic information

Scientific field: Economics (all fields)

Track period before tenure: 5 years

Starting salary: 4061,43 € /month (education is free and health care is almost entirely free in France).

Tenured level (from the sixth year): Professor.

Research budget: 200 k€

Teaching load: 64 hours for the first 3 years, 128 from the forth. 

Starting date: between December 1st and December 31st , 2025

Affiliation: Aix-Marseille University / Aix-Marseille School of Economics (Research Units :  UMR AMSE 7316)

 

Requirements

Hold a doctorate degree and a significant research research experience with at least one publication.

 

Application procedures

Application must be submitted on line: https://odyssee.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr, using reference 252963.

The application procedure is complex. It is strongly recommended to allow sufficient time for document preparation. 

Summary of documents needed for the application:
1. Application form entered online
2. Identity document with photograph
3. A document attesting to the obtention of a doctoral degree.
4. Defence report of the doctoral thesis.
5. Completed application form for a chair of junior professor (doc 5) (to be submitted in the section « titles and works » of the application ODYSSEE).
6. work, books, articles, achievements.

Documents (2; 3 and 4) written in a foreign language in whole or in part must be translated into French.
The candidate will produce a sworn statement of faithful translation. This link provides a legally recognised format for the sworn statement. In the template, the words "atteste sur l'honneur que" should be followed by "la traduction de ... est est fidèle à l'original." The dots will be replaced by the name of the document ("ma thèse doctorale", "Diploma", etc.).

 

Recruitment procedures

The evaluation will be held by a selection committee. The composition of the committee will be available on ODYSSEE website before the beginning of its work.

 

Additional useful information

Candidates invited to the audition will have the opportunity to make a public presentation of their research work in front of the members of the units to which they can be assigned. This presentation can be done in person or by videoconference. The presentation will last 30 minutes and will be followed by 30 minutes of discussion with the selection committee. It will include the following elements: the candidate's background, professional experience, research and teaching project. The organisation of the audition will be indicated on the invitation to the interview.

We encourage candidates to manifest their interest by registering their dossier in EconJobMarket. Although not binding on either side the manifestation of interest is useful to expedite the formal administrative procedure. Candidates wishing to further discuss the the post may contact Federico.Trionfetti@univ-amu.fr or Agnes.Tomini@univ-amu.fr

 

Download the formal call for applications (document in French and English)