Doctoral Candidate in DC-12 New ways to assess value in real estate and housing markets

About the role

This fully-funded doctoral PhD is part of a Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Doctoral Network, QuiVal, a programme funded by the European Union with the aim to develop a fundamentally new approach to real estate valuation, allowing the sector to rapidly transition towards a more sustainable, low carbon and circular future. This will be achieved through a transdisciplinary doctoral training programme across 8 universities and 14 industry partners, and including 13 doctoral candidates who will work, together and separately, to rethink the concept of value in illiquid assets.

The doctoral candidate will spend the majority of the funded three years at University College London in London, United Kingdom, but will also be funded for two periods on secondment to QuiVal partners, one to industry partner Southern Housing and the other to university partner Department of Architecture, University of Naples Federico II in Naples, Italy. There will also be significant opportunities for sharing knowledge and fostering discussions with the other 12 doctoral candidates, through five workshops and three summer schools. The doctoral candidates will also work together to collect data, and collaborate with stakeholders including a network of industry frontrunners who are partners in the programme, increasing understanding, research impact, and chances of employment in the real estate and related sectors.

The aim of this project is to provide innovate ways to assess asset value focussing on illiquid assets such as real estate and housing as part of an ecosystem and take into account the role real estate plays for the market players, the economy, and society. As well as a dissertation, and a number of academic papers, the project will produce an accessible report for real estate professionals.

The post holder will carry out research in the field of economics and finance applied to real estate markets. This is a fixed-term contract for 36 months.

Doctoral Candidates are paid a fixed salary during the fellowship with no annual increments and the current London Allowance, which qualifies for adjustments. There are 4 possible levels of basic salary, as shown in the table below, depending on whether the Fellow has dependents and if they opt out of the SAUL pension scheme. You can find out more about salaries for MSCA fellowships online About you

For your role in above research project, we are looking for a doctoral candidate who has:

An MSc degree with a background in finance, economics, statistics, data science, real estate economics, real estate finance, architecture, engineering, spatial planning, urban and regional economics. Strong skills in econometric techniques and programming; Proficiency in English speaking, reading and writing, (preferred); Desire to develop a career in academia and publish in top tier journals Good communicative and entrepreneurial skills, independent attitude paired with an ability to work in a research team Able to lead in research and involve the research team and industrial partners in knowledge co-creation and sharing activities.

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