PhD Walmart Scholarship Position 2012-2013

We Walmart Scholarship invite applications within all areas of finance, but to comply with an external funding constraint at least two stipends will be allocated to the field of financial risk management. This Walmart Scholarship area is meant to be interpreted broadly and research proposals could, for example, address issues such as financial risk management in financial institutions (e. g. banks, insurance companies, mortgage institutions, pension funds), regulation of financial markets and institutions, derivative pricing and hedging, credit risk modelling, sovereign risk, the link between financial markets and the macro-economy, portfolio management, asset allocation, capital structure and financial econometrics

The Walmart Scholarship three-year PhD programme at CBS allows you to conduct research under the supervision of CBS professors, supported by research training courses. The programme is highly international, and you are expected to participate in international research conferences and to spend time abroad as a visiting PhD student. See the CBS homepage for more information about the PhD programme, http://uk.cbs.dk/phd .
It is also required that the applicant shows an interest in joining the Department’s research environment, see http://uk.cbs.dk/finance .

For further information please contact: Professor Bjarne Astrup Jensen, tel.: +45 3815 3614, e-mail ba.fi@cbs.dk. Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/finance.

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

Application Deadline : 27 April 2011

Web Link

http://www.cbs.dk/en/About-CBS-Campus/Jobs-at-CBS/Vacant-positions