Assistant Professorship in Sustainable Consumer Behavior – Tenure Track

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant Assistant Professorship in Sustainable Consumer Behavior at the Department of Management, Society and Communication. Candidates with a strong research interest in sustainability research and consumer behavior will be particularly relevant, as will candidates with a quantitative consumer research profile, a solid expertise in environmental psychology and/or consumer psychology. 

MSC brings together scholars from a range of research areas within management, communication and the broader social sciences and humanities, studying organisations in global environments and the interaction and interdependencies of business, society and government. They share a common interest in studying organisations in global environments and the relations of organisations to the wider society. 

MSC is a significant supplier of research based teaching to a broad portfolio of programs, which includes undergraduate, graduate and doctoral teaching and supervision as well as executive education in the fields of 

• (Responsible) Management/Leadership/Governance 
• Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability 
• Business and Development (with an emphasis on the emerging/growth economies context dimension as well as (social) entrepreneurship & innovation) 
• Organisational Communication (Corporate Communication, Strategic Communication, Leadership Communication, Marketing Communication, International Business Communication) 

The assistant professorship is a tenure track position with research and teaching obligations. The successful candidate will be appointed as Assistant Professor for a period of six years with the prospect of performance-based advancement to a tenured Associate Professorship based on a mid- and final evaluation. 

To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant(s) chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department. The successful applicant is obliged to participate in the assistant professor program at CBS on teaching principles and methods in order to fulfill the pedagogical requirements made at the end of the term of employment as assistant professor. 

Responsibilities   

• Teaching and associated examination in existing CBS programs, including Executive Education 
• Individual and group based research meeting high international standards 
• Promoting CBS’s academic reputation 
• Initiating, fund raising and coordinating research projects 
• Promoting the teaching and research capabilities of Copenhagen Business School and other relevant assignments at Copenhagen Business School 
• Contributing to the administrative responsibilities of the department and to CBS-wide tasks 
• Communicating findings to the public in general and to CBS’s stakeholders in particular 
• Research, including responsibility for the academic development of the relevant discipline 
• Responsibility for publishing, scientific communication and research-based teaching 
• Active participation in the regular research activities, such as research seminars, workshops and conferences. 

The assistant professor is expected to contribute to the development and application of the research of the department’s research areas and to maintain and strengthen CBS’s international research position. 

Qualifications   

The applicant must hold a PhD or the equivalent. Emphasis is placed on the applicant’s research potential, which means that a researcher with a large research potential may be preferred to a researcher with a large research production. 

The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). 

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programs. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities). 

For further information please contact: Head of Department Dorte Salskov-Iversen, tel.: +4538153181, e-mail [email protected] . Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-management-society-and-communication 

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation. 

Application  

Applications must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below. 

The application must include: 

Recruitment procedure   

The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline. 

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment. 

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application. 

Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline. 

Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk . 

Closing date: 8 September 2022.

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CBS is a globally recognised business school with deep roots in the Nordic socio-economic model. We have a broad focus on business and societal challenges of the 21st century. As such we have a full portfolio of high-quality disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and education that has equipped generations of professionals and leaders in the private sector and beyond.

Located at Frederiksberg, Denmark, the school has approx. 21.000 full and part-time students, 760 full-time faculty members, 210 PhD students and 680 administrative staff, and a full portfolio of Bachelor, Master’s, MBA/EMBA, PhD and Executive programmes delivered in English and Danish.

Our global profile carries the obligation to develop the transformational capabilities of students, graduates and business leaders via our educational activities and opportunities for lifelong learning. Complex challenges call for joint action, and therefore our strategy focuses on strengthening current and starting new partnerships with other sciences, the business community, authorities and civil society.

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