Full Professor in Finance

Jönköping International Business School

Jönköping International Business School (JIBS) is one of four schools within Jönköping University.

We offer an international and team-oriented workplace with competitive education programmes, across Bachelor, Master and Doctoral levels, as well as a thriving research environment and many opportunities for personal development. Our mission is to advance the theory and practice of business, with specific focus on entrepreneurship, ownership and renewal. Our guiding principles are: international at heart, entrepreneurial in mind and responsible in action. These principles cut across our mission and all our activities. They signal the role we wish to play in relation to all our stakeholders. JIBS is double-accredited, by EQUIS and AACSB. In the latest Financial Times European Business School ranking, JIBS was ranked among the top 100.



JIBS is looking for a Full Professor/Senior Associate Professor in Finance.

Our successful candidate is a person expected to contribute to the overall development of JIBS and commit to research, teaching, and outreach activities. The person should have the willingness and capacity to take a leading role in developing Finance at JIBS.



Our offer to you

JIBS offers an internationally leading academic environment within our focus areas of entrepreneurship, ownership, and renewal. It is a modern institution, characterized by internationalization and an entrepreneurial spirit. We attract highly qualified, inventive, and enterprising people from all around the world. We develop new knowledge and share our expertise through solid collaborations with industry and business. We offer an equal and inclusive workplace, and we welcome applicants with diverse backgrounds. Gender equality, equal conditions and diversity are fundamental principles for all parts of our activities.



Your profile

The new Full Professor or Senior Associate Professor is expected to be a contributor to the development of Finance and JIBS but also contribute to the overall development of the school. You have the willingness and capacity to take a leading role in this development and to embrace diversity and collaboration. In the application, the candidate is expected to describe how one would lead and develop such teaching- and research team. You are a person willing to join current activities as well as develop and lead new initiatives. We are looking for ambitious and motivated candidates that demonstrate excellence in research and teaching with a track record in attracting external funding and engaging with different stakeholders.

Fluency in written and spoken English and the ability to teach and examine courses using English is a prerequisites. In your application, you are expected to outline in the cover letter how your research aligns with the focus areas of JIBS: entrepreneurship, ownership, and renewal.



Furthermore, meritorious for the appointment are:

- Strong international research network
- Collaborations with industry and public sector
- Experience of executive education

The research at JIBS is to a large extent conducted within one of, or across, its three research centres why it is also meritorious to have a fit with these and JIBS focus areas.

CeFEO — Centre for Family Entrepreneurship and Ownership: Its mission is to conduct high-quality research and disseminate knowledge on different family businesses and ownership topics. 

CEnSE — Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics: Its mission is to organize, support, and carry out innovative, high-quality, basic as well as policy relevant research on entrepreneurship and spatial economics.

MMTC — Media, Management and Transformation Centre: Its focus is on researching digital innovations and business renewal for more sustainable and globalized industry practices.



Information

The position is full-time and permanent. The starting date is to be negotiated.



Application

Welcome with your application, no later than 2022-09-18

In assessing the applicants, special emphasis will be placed on scientific, pedagogical, and leadership skills with the greatest emphasis on scientific skills.

JIBS assessment criteria specify what must be considered and what level must be achieved for the eligibility requirements to be considered fulfilled. Please see the ad (https://ju.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:524732/?lang=en) for more information and the “Assessment criteria for employment as a Full Professor”.

Your application should include the following documents, uploaded to the application system.

General information

- a personal cover letter motivating your interest and suitability for the position. Also, how your research aligns with the focus areas of JIBS: entrepreneurship, ownership, and renewal.
- a complete academic CV including attested certificates of education.
- name and contact details for three references (including position, e-mail, phone number, and how you know each other);
- a selection of your 10 most, for the position relevant articles.
- a description of your planned research agenda, also including how it could relate to JIBS to focus areas.
- Description of pedagogic portfolio which should include relevant teaching experience, including sessions and courses (in all levels and types of education).
- Personal teaching approach, style or philosophy and contributions to innovations in education.
- a description of how to lead a research and teaching team into the future of Finance at JIBS.
- a description of your thoughts of current trends in the industry outside academia and how that relates to your understanding of the future societal relevance of the discipline of Finance.
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