London School of Economics and Political Science

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London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Management

Assistant Professor in Management
(Managerial Economics and Strategy)

Salary is competitive with peer institutions and commensurate with experience, taking into account pay equity within the Department. The salary scale starts at £54,984 per annum (pay award pending) and can be found on the LSE website
In addition to the salary, this post may attract significant pay supplements.

The Department of Management plays a central role in the LSE, a global, single-faculty, social science university located in the heart of London. The Department’s faculty and research strength is centred in employment relations and human resource management, organisational behaviour, managerial economics and strategy, information systems and innovation, marketing, public management and governance, and operational research. The Department’s faculty members are engaged in research and scholarly activity across LSE, through research centres such as the Centre for Economic Performance, the Behavioural Research Lab, and interdisciplinary Institutes. The Department’s own portfolio of degrees includes the BSc Management, a two-year Masters in Management, and specialist one-year masters programmes. The aim of management education offered by LSE and the Department is to enable academically gifted students to boost their social science knowledge and managerial problem-solving talents so that they are well prepared to contribute to organisational success and social betterment in any place, within any sector, and at any scale.

The Department of Management at LSE seeks to hire an outstanding Assistant Professor who will strengthen our internationally renowned, innovative and publicly engaged faculty. Applications will be considered from exceptional candidates with research interests in applied economics.

Successful applicants will have, or be close to obtaining a PhD in economics, a closely-related social science discipline, or an interdisciplinary field relevant to managerial economics and strategy by the post start date. You will have proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications or potential to publish in top journals. You will also have a demonstrable ability to teach on undergraduate, postgraduate, or executive programmes in management. The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.