Teaching Assistant Professorship in Innovation Management

The Department of Business & Management (DBM) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for one or more new positions as Teaching Assistant Professor. The positions are located at SDU’s Campus in Odense and are vacant from 1st July 2025 or as agreed. 

Job description
The position is vacant in the Center for Integrative Innovation Management (C*I2M). The research within C*I2M is cross-disciplinary integrating management, marketing, and technology. We seek to understand and promote insights of innovation from the initial idea to the fully commercialized or implemented innovation. The center is currently hiring a number of younger researchers for various project ensuring a vibrant research environment. 

The successful candidate will be engaged in teaching central introductory courses on the bachelor level as well as supervision of bachelor projects and project reports. Required teaching subjects are innovation management and marketing, and the applicant must have studied these subjects as part of a master level education. In addition, we provide teaching in strategy and organization related to engineering study programs. The successful candidate must be able to teach in Danish. 

The candidate will also participate in various research projects related to innovation management, technology development, and commercialization. Interest in research and working with senior researchers within these subjects should be mentioned in the application.

Applicants’ profile
We are looking for applicants with a Master of Science in fields of management, business economics, or adjacent disciplines.  Moreover, we expect applicants to: 

• Have excellent Danish and English skills, both in speaking and writing. 
• Have excellent communication skills. 
• Command quantitative or qualitative research methods and related software.
• Preferably first teaching experience at the undergraduate or graduate level. 
• Be engaged, proactive, cooperative, able to work independently and in a team.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in the various activities within the department and to be present on a daily basis.
For further information, please contact Head of Centre for Integrative Innovation Management Professor Mette Præst Knudsen by email at [email protected]. 
 

How to apply for this position
The appointment takes place in accordance with the collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations for academics in the Danish state with the associated circular on the protocol on job structure for academic staff at Danish universities and the provisions for the position of teaching assistant professors as described herein.  

For more information on the department guidelines for qualification and recruitment please visit our website.

An application must include:

• Motivated application.
• Detailed CV, where education and work history must be month and year specific.
• Certified copies of your master’s (and PhD degree) certificate including all examination results.
• A translation of grades according to the European ECTS system obtained in BA and MSc programs. 
• If relevant: Teaching portfolio detailing the candidate’s prior teaching experience, teaching skills, supervision qualifications, teaching philosophy, and other forms of knowledge communication – you can find instructions for this here.

All documents not in Danish or English must be translated into English. The application documents must be written in English. Use of large language models or related AI tools in any capacity must be disclosed in accordance with best academic practices.
 

Documents should not contain a CPR number (civil registration number), if they do – the CPR number must be crossed out. 
 

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee. The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the candidates to provide the necessary material.
 

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, the candidates will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns them. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. The appointments committee will manage and complete the job interviews, should such be conducted.
 

Shortlisting and tests may be used in the assessment process.
 

Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements may be rejected without any substantive evaluation.
 

Deadline for applications is: February 27, 2025, 23.59 CET.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply now" on our website.

The University of Southern Denmark wishes to reflect the surrounding community and therefore encourages everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position.