Vacancies

This page is updated regularly regarding vacancies available in both the core team, research team and ventures founded by those in our community.  

Please email: hub@uct.ac.za if you would like to know more about the opportunities listed below.

Core Team

Research Team

Postdoctoral Research Fellow for "the Data Economy"

Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellows and PhD candidate for "the Data Economy"
Deadline
: 30th of April or until the position is filled
Position type: full time
Salary: R420,000 per annum (no benefits included) and an additional R30,000 travel allowance
For the full description see the full advert
To make an application
: follow this form link

Short description

The School of Economics in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town is inviting applications for PhD students and Postdoctoral Research Fellows. The overarching theme of the fellowships is “the data economy” and students and recent graduates with a background in economics, computer science, mathematics, finance, and related disciplines are invited to apply.

Any of the following research areas is of particular interest:
- Digital economics
- Data marketplaces
- The economics of innovation
- Science of science
- Privacy-preserving technology

Successful applicants will work within a research group that strives for academic excellence and is interested in various aspects of data ownership, from analyzing its theoretical foundation in the economics of property rights and privacy, to developing practical tools and studying existing applications. In this context, open source software, artistic work, and scholarly research are three examples where provenance of data and information can be studied.

See the full advert for more details.
For additional queries, contact Lindi Kers (hub@uct.ac.za)

Venture Vacancies