Resources for Early Career Researchers
Completing a PhD is, of course, only the first step in a career as a research economist. Most employers will have induction programmes for new staff but these will often be institution-specific. There is no right or wrong way to ensure a successful career as a research economist but the links below provide some useful insights.
- Advice for Early Career Researchers in Academia
- “What is Next?; Tips for Junior Faculty in Economics” by EJME
- “Best working practices for Economists” by AEA
- Career Development Webinars by AEA’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession
- Getting Your Work Published
- “Advice on getting published” by Imran Rasul (2019)
- “How to get published in an Economics journal” by Susan Averett and others (2011)
- “Six Decades of Top Economics Publishing: Who and How?” by Daniel Hamermesh (2013)
- “Publishing and Measuring Success in Economics” by Sebastian Galiani and Ugo Panizza (2020)
- Links to journal rankings
- IDEAS/RePEc Aggregate Rankings for Journals
- Journal quality list, collating journal quality scores from a variety of sources as prepared by Anne-Wil Harzing
- LSE Departmental Journal list, 2020-21
- Australian Business Deans’ Council (ABDC) list, (2019)
- “An Updated Ranking of Journals in Economics” by Kalaitzidakis et al. (2010)
- Advice for New Lecturers
- Handbook for Economics Lecturers by Economics Network
- Teaching Case Studies by Economics Network
- Professional development opportunities
- Royal Economic Society’s Annual Easter School for ECR’s
- ISEO Summer School for ECR’s
- Fit for the Future – Leadership and Social Science by UKRI
- Generic Advice on Researcher Career Development
- Researcher Development Framework by Vitae