The Department of Social Sciences and Business at Roskilde University is accepting applications for a position as
Assistant Professor of Business Economics (3-year position)
The position is available from August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Offering a high-performing, large and truly interdisciplinary social science environment, the Department of Social Sciences and Business (ISE), Roskilde University (RUC), invites applications for a position as assistant professor in business economics, broadly defined. The position is available from August 1, 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position as assistant professor is limited to 3 years.
The Section for Business and Management looks to develop its research and teaching in areas related to applied economics that deal with the financial, strategic, organizational, market-related, or environmental issues faced by corporations. Applicants could for example have a background in strategy, microeconomics, accounting, or finance. Important is that the applicant is at ease with quantitative research data and methods and is willing and able to teach core subjects in one or more of the areas mentioned above. The position would primarily support our B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in business and management, but the candidate may be called on to teach in other programmes as well, e.g. such as our M.Sc. in Socioeconomics.
We offer an innovative and interdisciplinary university environment characterized by academic and methodological freedom and diversity in both research and education. Our department's researchers put emphasis on research methodologies, and they share a commitment to gaining insights into businesses and society in diverse contexts of change and global engagement. We produce research at the highest international level that feeds into our educational programmes, while simultaneously leveraging our research to impact social, economic, and political change. Research in the department is organised in research groups. The selected candidate is expected to work closely with colleagues in one of these groups. Read more about the section's research groups here:
Risk, Uncertainty, & Opportunity: https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/organisations/risk-uncertainty-and-opportunity-runop
Management & Organization: https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/organisations/ledelse-og-organisation
Innovation in Service Experience: https://forskning.ruc.dk/en/organisations/innovation-i-service-og-oplevelse
The ideal candidate is expected to:
· develop a field of expertise beyond the scope of the doctoral thesis
· conduct and publish research meeting international standards
· contribute to the development of the research profile of the department
· collaborate with colleagues in establishing a vibrant research community
· contribute to relevant teaching programmes
· contribute to the long-term well-being of the department
· perform minor administrative tasks, and to
· complete the educational training programme "Certificate of University Teaching and Learning',
Qualifications
Applicants must hold a relevant PhD degree. The ideal candidate matches the following characteristics:
- Documented research qualifications within the relevant field of business economics
- Documented research production at an international level, including publications in the field's internationally recognized journals/publishing houses
- Initial teaching experience at bachelor and master level within relevant field of business economics
- Teaching potential in quantitative methods applied to business-related subjects, and
- A keen interest in project-oriented learning and teaching in an interdisciplinary environment.
The ideal candidate should be enterprising and possess good communication skills and be a visible involved participant in the department's daily activities, in addition to being willing to engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration across the department.
Ability to teach in Danish is a great asset and successful candidates who do not speak Danish (or possibly Swedish or Norwegian) will be requested to acquire the necessary skills in Danish within the first two years of service, so as to ensure that they can participate satisfactorily in teaching activities as well as in academic and administrative activities at the University. At the time of appointment, successful candidates must master English for academic purposes. Potential applicants from outside Denmark will find information about life in Denmark (taxation, healthcare etc.) here.
Application: Please consult the university job pages: https://candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationInit.aspx?cid=1310&ProjectId=147531&DepartmentId=18972&MediaId=4619&SkipAdvertisement=False&uiculture=en
The application deadline is February 6, 2025.
Material received after this date will not be taken into consideration.
Roskilde University lies only 20 minutes by train from central Copenhagen, surrounded by fields, forest, and fjord. We house over 7000 students, and just under 1000 staff. The university is ranked among the top 150 young universities and top 600 overall by Times Higher Education, with a ranking in the top 250 in the world in social sciences, and top 500 in business and economics. The business and management section counts around 25 permanent researchers, in addition to PhD students and part-time staff.
For further information about the position, please contact Dean Morten Frederiksen on tel. (+45) 4674 3335 / mfred@ruc.dk or Vice-dean for education Bodil Damgaard (+45) 4674 2251 / bodam@ruc.dk
Best Regards/med Venlig Hilsen,
Dr. Kristian J. Sund
Professor of Strategic Management
Head of Section for Business and Management
Roskilde University
Email: sund@ruc.dk
Phone: +45 46 74 21 98
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Kristian J. Sund
Roskilde University
Denmark
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