Professor in Leadership for Creativity

Aalto University is where science and art meet technology and business. We shape a sustainable future by making research breakthroughs in and across our disciplines, sparking the game changers of tomorrow and creating novel solutions to major global challenges. Our community is made up of 12 000 students, 400 professors and close to 4 000 other faculty and staff working on our dynamic campus in Espoo, Greater Helsinki, Finland. Diversity is part of who we are, and we actively work to ensure our community’s diversity and inclusiveness. This is why we warmly encourage qualified candidates from all backgrounds to join our community. 

The Department of Management Studies at the School of Business and the Department of Art and Media at the School of Arts, Design and Architecture invite applications for the position of

Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Leadership for Creativity

The call is targeted to individuals seeking an Assistant Professor position in the Aalto University tenure track system . The position is shared between the Department of Management Studies (60%) and the Department of Art and Media (40%). It will be filled at the latest in August 2022, but the precise start date is negotiable.

The Department of Management Studies , ranked 31st in Shanghai ranking in 2021, hosts four units: Organization and Management, International Business, Entrepreneurship, and Organizational Communication. It comprises several internationally renowned areas of expertise, including strategy, international management, human resource management, organizational behavior, sustainability in business, organization theory, entrepreneurship, and qualitative research methods. Our faculty regularly publishes in the leading academic journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Studies, among others. The department has a lively, international research community with numerous doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers.

The Department of Art and Media conducts research and provides education in Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programmes across a broad range of subjects and themes. These include Art Education, Contemporary Art, Curating, Game Design, New Media, Photography, Visual Communication Design and Visual Culture. The department was formed in 2022 as a merger of two departments which are both recognized internationally for high-quality research, artistic outputs, media productions and art pedagogical activities. The Department of Art and Media, with approximately 800 students and over 100 staff members, is the biggest department in the School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Aalto Art & Design is ranked #6 in the world (QS ranking).

We offer the candidate the opportunity and resources to do research in a vibrant, international and transdisciplinary community. The position comes with a relatively light teaching load while focusing on developing one’s research profile. In addition, there are significant opportunities for conducting research in close collaboration with the Finnish industry.

Our expectations

Throughout their careers, those on the tenure track are expected to carry out and supervise research, provide high-quality education, follow the advances of their field, contribute to service for the benefit of the Aalto University community, take part in societal discussions, and collaborate internationally in their field.

We seek an expert within the broad area of leadership, organizational behavior and creativity. Relevant areas of research include, but are not limited to topics like:

• engaging creativity in teams and organizations

• leading and managing teams and organizations for creativity, innovation, and change

• new forms and models of creative collaboration in and between teams, functions, and organizations

• managing creative teams and organizations

• systems and design thinking for leadership in creativity

• cutting edge ways of employing creativity in addressing wicked problems and societal transformations

The applicants should hold a doctorate degree and the degree can be from diverse academic disciplines provided that the candidate’s research focus is related to the area of management and creativity.

In addition, for this position we seek an expert who will foster transdisciplinary collaboration and contribute to the development of Radical Creativity as one of the strategic focus areas of Aalto University. S/he will be expected to contribute to teaching at both Department of Management Studies and Department of Art and Media. Part of this teaching will take place within the master’s programme in International Design Business Management that integrates business, design, and technology to enable students to lead transdisciplinary radical creativity.

The applicants will be reviewed on the basis of their research, teaching, and activity in the scientific community relative to their career stage.

We offer

The position comes with a competitive salary, a relatively light teaching load, and a generous package of initial research funding. In addition, Aalto University provides its employees with high quality occupational health care services and retirement benefits. Finland is a great and safe environment, offering many excellent state-subsidized services, including affordable daycare and free primary and secondary education, which are consistently ranked among the best in the world.

The contract is full-time and the selected candidate will be placed at Assistant level 1 or level 2 on the tenure track system. Aalto University follows EU rules and regulations on HR policies. Based on the regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, full-time employment at Aalto University is inconsistent with residence abroad. Employment duties need to be performed in Finland.

For more information

For additional information concerning the position, please contact Associate Professor Alexei Koveshnikov. On matters related to the application process, please contact HR Coordinator Elisa Utriainen. Email addresses for contacting are in format [email protected].

How to apply

If you want to join our community, please submit your application through our recruitment system Workday no later than April 17th, 2022 at 23:59 EET (UTC+2). Aalto University’s employees and visitors should apply for the position by using their existing Workday user account. Please see how to do it here .

To apply, please share the following application materials with us in English combined as a single file in PDF format (‘lastname_firstname_application.pdf’):

• Cover letter

• Curriculum Vitae—The CV should include the sections that are presented in the template recommended by The Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity

• List of publications, with the most significant publications highlighted

• Research portfolio—a concise (4-10 pages) reflection on the merits, long-term vision, and research plan.

• Teaching portfolio according to Aalto University’s guidelines—see Teaching portfolio guidelines for candidate

• Names and contact details for four references

General instructions for applicants including language requirements and guidelines for compiling the teaching portfolio and CV are given at https://www.aalto.fi/en/tenure-track/interested-in-joining-our-tenure-track . The application material will not be returned.

Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period, and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.

Tenure track in Aalto University

The tenure track is open to talented individuals who have excellent potential for a scientific career. Individuals placed on the Aalto University professorial tenure track have the possibility to advance in their career through regular performance assessments, which consider their merits in all areas of their scope of duty. Launched only in 2010, the tenure track has attracted a wide range of international applicants, giving Aalto University the possibility of recruiting top experts and early career research talent to join the Aalto University community. Read more about the Aalto University tenure track system at www.aalto.fi/en/tenure-track .

About Finland

Finland is a great place for living, both with or without family: it is a safe, politically stable and well-organized Nordic society which is consistently ranked highly in quality-of-life studies. Helsinki has been praised as one of the world’s most livable cities, e.g., by Monocle Magazine and in the Economist Intelligence Unit livability rankings. The World Happiness Report 2020 ranked Helsinki as the city with the highest well-being in the world. For more information about living in Finland: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/why-finland

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