The Strategy & Entrepreneurship Group at the UCL School of Management is seeking applications for a faculty position at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level in strategy and entrepreneurship. We are broadly interested in research related to strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology. The anticipated starting date for this position is 1 September 2025.
University College London (UCL) is one of the world’s top universities. At its establishment in 1826, UCL was radical and responsive to the needs of society, and this ethos – that excellence should go hand-in-hand with enriching society – continues today. UCL’s excellence extends across all academic disciplines; from one of Europe’s largest and most productive hubs for biomedical science interacting with several leading London hospitals, to world-renowned centres for architecture and fine art. With an annual turnover exceeding £1.5 billion, it is a major research and education hub in London and globally.
UCL is a major research and education hub in London and globally. It is consistently ranked as one of the world’s top universities. UCL’s staff and former students have included over 34 Nobel prize winners. It is a truly international community: More than one-third of our student body come from 150 countries and nearly one-third of staff are from outside the UK. UCL offers more than 200 undergraduate programmes and more than 400 taught postgraduate programmes.
The UCL School of Management consists of five research groups: Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Organisations & Innovation, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Analytics, and Finance, Accounting & Economics. Faculty in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship group share an interest in how organizations, markets, and industries are being reshaped by technological and cultural forces. Research topics include artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, information environment, platform ecosystems, new organizational forms, decentralized organizations, learning, innovation, interorganizational relationships, corporate strategy, entrepreneurial strategy, reputation and identity, entrepreneurship for development, and social innovation.
See mgmt.ucl.ac.uk for more information about the School and our research group.
The UCL School of Management encourages diversity and a positive culture among all faculty, staff, and students. Our school is committed to building an intellectual community in which diversity, fairness, and inclusion are valued. UCL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Qualifications: Candidates should have a strong research record and demonstrated research potential in the area of strategy and entrepreneurship, and produce publications at an internationally significant standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour, in line with personal and departmental objectives agreed in the Staff Review and School/Department planning processes. Candidates will be expected to teach in the School’s BSc or MSc programmes. Notably, our school is expanding with new programmes in international management, which will provide opportunities for research involving global settings to be leveraged in the classroom. While we invite applications from all areas of strategy and entrepreneurship, we would particularly like to encourage applications by those interested in teaching subjects related to international business. As a research-focused group, tenure-track positions involve teaching only two courses per year (with a potential 50% teaching reduction in year one), with generous research support.
Application Instructions: To be considered for this position, please submit a CV, research statement, job market paper, and any additional working papers or published work here. If you are currently a PhD student or PostDoc, you should also arrange for three references to submit their letters online on your behalf.
The application deadline is August 31, 2024.
For administrative questions related to this posting, please contact our HR team via email (mgmt-hrsom@ucl.ac.uk).
For questions directly related to the position, contact faculty search committee member, Dr Daniel Sands (daniel.sands@ucl.ac.uk).