KU Leuven

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The Faculty of Economics and Business of the KU Leuven has a vacancy for a full-time professor position in the research group CEDON (Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability), part of the department Economics https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/sustainability.

We’re looking for an ambitious, internationally oriented researcher in the domain of responsible and sustainable management, in particular the broader relationship between business and society by drawing on various strands of organization and management theory. You publish in international top journals within the field, attract external research funding, develop international research projects, and advise doctoral students.
You will teach courses in the field of responsible and sustainable management on multiple campuses, with the specific courses assigned depending on your profile and experience

You have a PhD in Applied Economics, Business or Economics with an emphasis on responsible and sustainable management or a PhD in a related domain with evidence of expertise in this field of research.
You have excellent research output or research potential. The quality of your research is demonstrated by the quality of your PhD dissertation, promising research projects and work-in-progress papers, publications in top-tier peer-reviewed journals and/or international research experience. Junior applicants are expected to show research excellence through a pipeline of promising research projects, papers and academic references. Experience in writing grant proposals and a strong international network are recommended.

Your written and spoken English is excellent. The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch at the start of employment, you can follow language training provided by KU Leuven to enable you to take part in administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch to the required standard.

The vacancy is open to both junior and senior researchers. You will be hired in the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or (Full) Professor depending on your qualifications and academic experience. Junior researchers will be appointed as assistant professor in tenure track for a period of 5 years, which in case of a positive evaluation is followed by an appointment as a tenured associate professor.

For more information please contact Prof. dr. Ingrid Molderez, Chair of the search committee , mail: ingrid.molderez@kuleuven.be

For more information on this position and the application process, please visit: https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60326164?lang=en

External Reference letters (required for junior applicants) can be sent directly to evi.fosse@kuleuven.be.