What are the responsibilities and job description for the Economics (Open Rank) position at University of Texas at Austin?
The School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites applications for full-time tenured/tenured track faculty positions in Economics. Outstanding senior candidates will be considered for endowed professorships and chairs.
Considering the responsibility public institutions of higher education have to prepare students for leadership in a free society, the University of Texas System Board of Regents established the School of Civic Leadership at UT Austin in 2023. The School of Civic Leadership is an interdisciplinary school whose dual mission is to equip students with the knowledge and aptitudes necessary to lead in a free society, and to produce academic research at the highest levels of scholarly excellence.
The School of Civic Leadership offers a Civics Honors major, a minor in Civics, a minor in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) and houses the Civitas Institute.
We welcome applications from economists across all fields - including but not limited to political economy, economic history, macroeconomics, labor economics, and public economics - whose work deepens understanding of how markets, institutions, and incentives sustain (or challenge) a free and prosperous society. Ideal candidates will (1) have excellent records of scholarship with robust research agendas, (2) provide evidence of exceptional teaching, and (3) show a readiness to contribute to the intellectual life, governance, and programmatic development of the School of Civic Leadership.
The School of Civic Leadership invites applicants to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and list of three academic references (references do not need to submit full letters at this stage). Cover letters should directly address how the candidate's research and teaching are aligned with the mission and goals of the School of Civic Leadership, and the extent to which they envision their work having an outward-facing element that would contribute to the Civitas Institute.
Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025.
The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.