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Reference: 57687

Date Added: 27 September 2016
Closing Date: 27 October 2016

Job Title: Director of Research

Working For: Institute of Economic Affairs

Location: London

Salary: Competitive

Length of Contract:

Job Details

The Institute of Economic Affairs is the UK’s oldest and largest free-market think-tank and is widely regarded, in the words of Andrew Marr, as “undoubtedly the most influential think-tank in modern British history”.

The IEA’s goal is to produce intellectually rigorous and academically grounded research in demonstration and application of the core conviction that free markets (associated with smaller government, lower taxes, and less regulation) represent (theoretically, empirically, and historically) the most compelling model and effective mechanism to solve economic and social problems. The IEA has published thirteen Nobel Prize winners, subjects its research to a demanding peer-review process, and is entirely independent of party political affiliation and of government funding.

With a staff of around thirty – mostly young, often iconoclastic and always intellectually passionate about the promotion of economic freedom for the good of society – the IEA’s activities revolve around two foci intended to change the climate of opinion in favour of free markets. First, it produces and publishes economic research with the utmost analytical rigour. Secondly, it disseminates the substance of that research, articulated in around 40 publications each year, to academics, politicians, opinion-formers, students and the wider public. We do this via our regular and frequent presence in print and broadcast media throughout the UK, through a programme of conferences, debates, lectures, seminars and student outreach, and via our website and social media channels.

The IEA now seeks to appoint a Director of Research to succeed Professor Philip Booth who has provided outstanding leadership in the role for well over a decade. The Director of Research is primarily responsible for leading and overseeing the research and publication activity of the Institute, serving as intellectual authority, a generator of ideas, chief commissioning and executive editor, and the main contact for and convenor of the IEA’s large and growing network of freedom-loving economists.

The Director may also be (as Philip Booth was) personally active as an author and in the IEA’s programmes, events, and media work. S/he will, reporting to Mark Littlewood, the Director General, be a member of the IEA’s senior leadership team.

Closing Date: 27 October 2016

Interview/Start Dates

The interviews for this position will be held the week commencing 5th December 2016. 

Application Details

Further detail about the IEA, the responsibilities of the Director, the criteria for candidates, the terms of appointment, and how to apply may be found at http://www.perrettlaver.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/IEA-Director-of-Research-Further-Appointment-Details.pdf.

Website: https://iea.org.uk/

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