The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a seventh cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2025. 

The Stone Center is an official research center within the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The Center’s postdoctoral program enables scholars with a recent Ph.D. to spend two years producing empirical research on topics related to socio-economic inequality, focusing on the U.S., other countries, or cross-country comparisons. This research will contribute to the growing national and international conversations on socio-economic inequality, social mobility, and feasible strategies for furthering fair, effective, and efficient policy and institutional change. The scholars will have the CUNY title of Research Associate. 

Applications are due by October 30, 2024.

This year’s call requests applications for two different positions. Qualified applicants may apply to both.

The first position is open to candidates who conduct research on wealth and/or wealth inequality in the United States or multiple countries. Priority will be given to candidates who conduct research in the following areas:

  • Distribution of wealth, wealth inequality, and/or wealth concentration
  • Intergroup wealth disparities (e.g., by gender, race, ethnicity, migration status)
  • Determinants (including public policies) and consequences of wealth concentration
  • Estate, inheritance, gift, and wealth taxation, and/or other policies that shape wealth accumulation and wealth transfers

See the full description and application for this position: Job ID 28684.

For the second position, priority will be given to candidates who carry out quantitative, empirical research on one or more of the following, in relation to the United States or multiple countries:

  • Disparities in labor market outcomes (e.g., activity rates, working time, occupation, earnings)
  • Inequalities and insufficiencies related to household income or wealth
  • Economic disparities within or between groups (e.g., by gender, race, ethnicity, migration status, family structure, and/or educational attainment)
  • Policy, institutional, and other determinants of multiple forms of economic inequality/insufficiency

See the full description and application for this position: Job ID 28686.

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. 

Each scholar will receive an annual salary of $90,000 and benefits that include health insurance provided by CUNY. In addition, scholars will have access to funding for research-related expenditures. The work of the Stone Center, including the postdoctoral program, is supported by a generous gift from the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation.

Applicants should have:

  • Ph.D. degree in economics, sociology, political science, public policy, or a related social science discipline
  • Applicants must have completed their Ph.D. no more than seven years prior to the application date, and must have their Ph.D. awarded by the start date     
  • Existing research portfolio demonstrating interest in and experience with empirical, methodological, or theoretical scholarship on socio-economic inequality and/or social mobility    
  • High level of empirical and statistical skills, with expertise in quantitative methods and experience with complex data sets    
  • Excellent writing and communication skills