Postdoctoral Fellow

Job description

Job Posting Title: Postdoctoral Fellow Hiring Department: Department of Economics Position Open To: All Applicants Weekly Scheduled Hours: 40 FLSA Status: Exempt Earliest Start Date: Aug 16, 2026 Position Duration: Expected to Continue Until Aug 15, 2027 Location: UT MAIN CAMPUS Job Details: Purpose The Department of Economics is hiring one full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow to start in Fall 2026 to work with Associate Professor Peter Bergman. The Fellow will contribute to a research program focused on AI applications for economic mobility, such as randomized evaluations of AI-driven interventions in housing, education, and workforce development, and building evaluation infrastructure for AI deployments in social sector organizations. The researcher would work 75% time on our projects and 25% time on their own, with opportunities to take advantage of our partnerships to spin off their own projects. Responsibilities: - Designing and managing randomized controlled trials - Algorithmic design - Coding algorithms and estimators - Drafting and revising research papers for peer-reviewed journals - Creating presentations and contributing to grant proposals Required Qualifications: - P...