Associate Professor in Organization and Sustainable Transformation

Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a full-time faculty position as Associate Professor in Organization and Sustainable Transformation

The area of organizations and sustainable transformation covers several areas. These areas include:  Firstly, organization and time, where the department plays a central role in a growing and internationally recognized research field; secondly, organization and sustainability/green transition, where there is a need for research on organizational aspects; and thirdly, how research on transformation and time can contribute to the topics such as organizational leadership, change, and strategy. 

Examples of research areas that the Associate Professor might cover:

• How actors connect pledges for sustainable transformation with ongoing activities
• How actors organize and develop practices for sustainable transformation over time
• Coping with organizational obstacles and barriers to obtaining sustainable transformation and examining roles of technologies and artefacts

The Department of Organization (IOA) pursues a problem-oriented, business in society approach to understanding and intervening in organizations and organizational life. Our research is focused upon organizing processes and their outcomes, and driven by an interest in organization and management as a practical, situated, contested and changing matter. Our approach is interdisciplinary and combines social-scientific traditions such as organization theory, sociology, ethnography, political economy, and social psychology. Researchers in our department draw on a range of different research methodologies encompassing both qualitative and quantitative techniques.

Teaching responsibilities of the Department comprise undergraduate and graduate teaching as well as teaching in post-experience and doctoral education.

To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department.

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, including participating in the public debate.
• Research meeting high international standards, 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 Associate 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

• Advanced degree in a relevant academic field
• Documented teaching qualifications and material for the evaluation of his/her pedagogical level. Please see guidelines for teaching portfolios.
• Documented research production at an international level, including publications in internationally recognized journals within the field
• 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.

For further information please contact: Professor Tor Hernes, e-mail [email protected]  Information about the department can be found at: www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-organization

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

Application

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

Application must include:

1.   A statement of application.

2.   Proof of qualifications and a full CV.

3.   Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level, including publications in the field’s internationally recognized journals and citations in the Social Science Citation Index and/or Google Scholar.

4.   A teaching portfolio documenting teaching qualifications and pedagogical development. The portfolio must include an overview of the applicants past teaching achievements and practice and its impact on the students, reflections on pedagogical competencies and core strengths, the educational competencies the applicant would like to develop, and the teaching opportu-nities they would like to pursue in the nearest future. Internal applicants must use the CBS Teaching Portfolio format. It is available at www.share.cbs.dk. Please make a pdf of each of the spreadsheets from part B of the portfolio. 

5.   Information indicating experience in research management, industry collaboration and international collaboration, external funding of research.

6.   A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 10 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritize their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement.

7.   Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration.

The recruitment committee shortlists 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. 

Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply for the position. An appointment committee will review the applications and invite a selection of qualified candidates to an interview.

One of CBS’ strategic goals is the promotion of diversity, which is why every effort has been made to ensure a recruitment process that reduces potential bias. Applicants are therefore encouraged not to include a photo or unnecessary personal information in their application.

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

Closing date: March 18, 2025.