Teaching Associate Professor at the Department of Economics

Copenhagen Business School , CBS, Denmark

Updated: about 2 years ago
Deadline: 21 Feb 2022

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant position as Teaching Associate Professor at the Department of Economics.

The Department of Economics provides research, teaching, and knowledge transfer within the core areas of economics, i.e., microeconomics, macroeconomics, and quantitative methods. The department is especially active in business-related economic research, and hosts three research centres: Pension Research Centre (PeRCent), Centre for Innovation (CFI), and Copenhagen School of Energy Infrastructure (CSEI).

The department is responsible for teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and PhD levels in economics at various study programs at CBS, including the graduate program of Applied Economics and Finance and the MSc in Advanced Economics and Finance. High priority is given to research support, travel support, and access to data.

The Teaching Associate Professorship is a permanent position primarily with teaching obligations, including a teaching development component.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate is expected to independently organize and complete teaching courses in areas such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, and quantitative methods. Furthermore, the successful candidate is expected to contribute to the continued development of technology-enhanced teaching in these and adjacent areas. Lastly, the successful candidate should organize and conduct exams in the courses she/he is responsible for.

It is expected that the applicant chosen is physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in shared personnel meetings on the department's development and strategy, participate in development-oriented activities at the Department (e.g. seminars and workshops) and keep up to date regarding the development in areas relevant to his or her teaching.

In addition to teaching assignments and other academic development tasks, the position may include supervision and supervision of teaching assistant professors.

Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in a relevant academic field (at least a master's degree and preferably a PhD degree).
  • Substantial teaching experience from universities or business schools in microeconomics, macroeconomics or quantitative methods.
  • Documented teaching qualifications or other material for the evaluation of his/her pedagogical level.
  • Proficiency in both Danish and English? (teaching level) cf. the teaching must be conducted in both Danish and English.
  • Publication of teaching material (teaching cases, contributions to textbooks etc.) is an advantage.

    • Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. 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).

    Terms of employment

    Salary, pension and terms of employment will be in accordance with the agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

    The position is covered by the "Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at the Universities" of 2020

    For further information please contact: Head of Department Alexander Sebald, tel.: +45 3815 2699, e-mail [email protected] . Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/econ .

    Application

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

  • A motivated statement of why the candidate applies for the position
  • Proof of qualifications and a full CV
  • Documentation of teaching qualifications, including teaching evaluations, and other material for the evaluation of his/her pedagogical level
  • A teaching portfolio, see guidelines.
  • If possible: A list of publications and documentation of relevant research

    • 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: 21 February 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.

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