The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is opening its search for a
Senior Fellow for Latin America and Caribbean Programs.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy invites nominations and
applications for a leadership position in research and teaching
centered on land use problems and policy issues in Latin America
and the Caribbean. This ongoing position was created in 1993.
Dr. David Barkin is the current Senior Fellow for 1993-95.
This Fellow will be a full-time member of the Institute's resident
staff in Cambridge, Massachusetts, traveling periodically to
selected countries. The appointment will be for a term of two
years, commencing on September 1, 1995.
The Fellow will be appointed by the president and report to the
staff director(s) who has responsibility for specific segments of
the workplan during the time s/he is working on that project. The
Fellow will work with the research and teaching faculty and staff
in developing the Lincoln Institute's role in land and
land-related tax policy education for Latin America and the
Caribbean. The Fellow will assume a key role in planning and
conducting research, teaching, and writing about land markets,
privatization, new spatial patterns of settlements and production,
and associated tax and regulatory policies.
The Lincoln Institute seeks candidates whose research on land
issues in Latin America may produce lessons for North American
local and state governments that are struggling with similar
issues. Examples of such issues include: taxation and local
economic development, land use regulation and housing
affordability, financing infrastructure and public services, and
relating land use plans to changing markets.
As members of the Institute's community of scholars, Lincoln
Fellows participate in a variety of seminars, roundtable programs,
and informal exchanges at Lincoln House in Cambridge. Fellows
also review research and publication proposals and manuscripts in
their areas of expertise.
The successful candidate will
- possess an earned doctorate or other advanced degree and/or
policymaking experience,
- have primary emphasis or perspective in land or developmental
economics, public finance, or another field of economics that
includes the study of land policy or land-related tax policy,
- be a published researcher,
- possess demonstrated ability and interest in teaching
policymakers, their advisors, and staffs,
- be knowledgeable about land and land-related tax policy in many
or all of the geographic areas we serve,
- be fluent in English and Spanish
- be available to relocate to Cambridge for two years and to
travel as required.
Compensation for Lincoln Fellows is consistent with U. S. academic
salaries. Fellows are employees of the Institute, follow
Institute personnel policies and procedures, and receive the
Institute's employee benefits. Fellows have access to research
and clerical assistance, travel funds, and special libraries at
neighboring universities.
It is the policy of the Lincoln Institute to recruit, hire, train,
and promote all employees on the basis of individual merit and
ability and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, or handicap.
Personnel procedures and practices with respect to compensation,
benefits, training, promotion, transfer, layoffs, or termination
have been and will continue to be administered with due regard to
job performance, experience, and qualifications, but without
discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, or handicap.
Nominations should include, whenever possible, the curriculum
vitae of the nominee and the nominator's evaluation of the
prospective candidate. Direct applications for the Fellow
position are encouraged, and should include a statement of
interests, objectives, and current compensation, along with a
curriculum vitae and the names, positions, addresses, telephone
and FAX numbers of three references. Nominations and applications
should be sent or faxed to:
Dr. Ronald L. Smith, President Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy 113 Brattle Street Cambridge, MA 02138-3400
Telephone 617/661-3016 Fax 617/661-7235 Internet:
lincolnadmin@igc.apc.org
The review of candidates' credentials will begin immediately and
continue until the position is filled.
The Lincoln Institute of Land Policy is a nonprofit educational
institution organized in 1974. It is supported by the Lincoln
Foundation, established in 1947 by John C. Lincoln, a Cleveland
industrialist. For additional information about the Lincoln
Institute and its programs, write to Dr. Ronald Smith. end