We are pleased to announce that the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a fifth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These two-year positions will begin in September 2023. 

The Stone Center is an official research center within the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. 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. The Stone Center’s postdoctoral program enables scholars with a recent Ph.D. to spend two years producing empirical research on topics related to inequality and/or mobility in the United States, internationally, or both. Postdoctoral scholars are expected to contribute to the work of the Stone Center by producing research that contributes to the growing national and international conversations on socio-economic inequality and feasible strategies for furthering fair, effective, and efficient policy and institutional change.

This year’s call requests applications for two different positions. The first is for applicants whose work concerns wealth inequality: distributions of wealth, wealth inequality, and wealth concentration; intergroup wealth disparities (e.g., by gender, race, ethnicity, migration status); determinants (including public policies) and consequences of wealth accumulation; and estate, inheritance, and gift taxation. For the second position, priority will be given to candidates whose work focuses on inequality in the U.S. or other labor markets, especially disparities by gender, race, and/or ethnicity or migration status, and ideally within an intersectional framework.

Qualified applicants may apply to both positions.

CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans, and women to apply. Each scholar will receive an annual salary of $87,000 and benefits that include health insurance provided by CUNY, funding to hire graduate students from The Graduate Center as research assistants, private offices with desktop computers, and additional support to help offset the costs of software, books and journals, and research-related travel.

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, or have their thesis defense scheduled to take place prior to position 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. 

Applications are due by November 1, 2022

Full job description and application. (Job ID 24874)