Tecnológico de Monterrey, through the Center for the Future of Cities (CFC), invites applications for a Professor-Fellow position in Urban Economics. We seek outstanding candidates at the posdoctoral, early career faculty, or advanced doctoral stage with a strong interest in applied, policy-relevant urban economic research in Latin America.

This position aims to strengthen applied, policy-relevant research in Mexico at the intersection of urban economics, land use and public policy, with a particular focus on Mexican Cities. Key areas of interest include:

• Affordable housing models
• Impacts of land-use regulation on housing costs
• Infrastructure costs associated with different urban form configurations
• Property tax
• Effects of transportation systems on land values
• Fiscal impacts of urban sprawl
• Spatial and General Equilibrium Models for land, zoning and taxes

The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary research group working at the frontier of urban science, combining economic theory, advanced empirical methods, and computational modeling. The position offers a unique opportunity to work with rich administrative, geospatial, and mobility datasets, as well as to engage directly with policy processes and real-world urban challenges.

Candidates are expected to have strong quantitative training and demonstrated experience in one or more of the following areas: urban economics, spatial analysis, econometrics, or general equilibrium modeling. A strong publication pipeline or clear potential for high-impact academic publishing is highly valued.

The selected candidate will have the opportunity to develop an independent research agenda, while also contributing to the broader research program of the Center for the Future of Cities in the areas described above. The position involves collaboration on large-scale applied projects, as well as contributions to both academic publications and policy-oriented outputs. Teaching responsibilities may be included depending on the candidate’s profile and interests and will be held in the department of economics.

We will consider candidates who will complete their Ph.D. by September 2026, as well as postdoctoral researchers and early-career faculty seeking a dynamic research environment.

Compensation is competitive and includes research support, access to computing infrastructure in the cloud, and opportunities for international collaboration.

Location: México City

Application deadline: 30/08/2026

Application Instructions: Tecnológico de Monterrey will invite final candidates to interviews through Zoom meetings. Candidates who advance past this stage will be asked to deliver an online job talk. Finalists will then be invited for an in-person campus visit.

Documents Required: Applicants should send the following documents as a single PDF to rpl@tec.mx 

• A cover letter, explaining why you would like to work in Mexico.
• Curriculum Vitae.
• A Job Market Paper in any field of urban economics in this list: spatial patterns of jobs and housing location; property taxes, housing finance and economics, spatial segregation, cost of sprawl, housing prices and cost, and other related subfields excepting transportation.
• A research statement for the next three years (no longer than three pages).
• A statement of teaching philosophy (no more than two pages) that includes potential course offerings.
• Three letters of recommendation written within the last year. In the case of early career scholars at least one of these letters should come from the PhD advisor.

Tecnológico de Monterrey is an equal opportunity employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities.

Non-Discrimination Statement: Our institution does not discriminate against job candidates on the basis of actual or perceived gender, gender identity, race, color, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, or religion.

We appreciate your interest in our job opportunities. If you are not contacted by the Talent Attraction team, we encourage you to continue exploring new opportunities through the Growth Opportunities portal if you are a Tec de Monterrey employee, or at jobs.tec.mx if you are an external candidate, and apply to those that best match your profile.