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Job market there is for econophysicists in academia

  1. Aug 26, 2007 #1

    tiyusufaly

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    Hi all,

    I am just wondering how much of a job market there is for econophysicists in academia, as compared to say theoretical condensed matter physicists. Is it easier to get a job? How much so?

    Also, what are some good schools for econophysics research?
     
    tiyusufaly, Aug 26, 2007
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  3. Aug 26, 2007 #2

    robphy

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    Wikipedia mentions http://www.phys.uh.edu/econophysics.htm[/URL]

    You might find some other sites of activity from [PLAIN]http://econophysics.econ.univpm.it/[/URL]
    and
    [url]http://www2.physics.umd.edu/~yakovenk/econophysics/[/url]

    You might want to be aware of [URL]http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7094/abs/441686a.html[/URL]
    (again from the Wikipedia article on [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Econophysics[/url] )
     
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    robphy, Aug 26, 2007
  4. Aug 29, 2007 #3

    Locrian

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    Thanks for those links robphy, it was an interesting read.
     
    Locrian, Aug 29, 2007
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