Assistant Professor in Management (Information Systems and Innovation)

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university For this post, we particularly welcome applications from women and people from minority ethnic groups.  

Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide.

Salary is no less than £61,466 per annum, the salary scale can be found on the LSE website 

In addition this post will attract a significant market salary supplement which reflects current market conditions. 

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 is organised into faculty groups of information systems and innovation; employment relations and human resource management; operations management; managerial economics and strategy; organisational behaviour; and marketing. The Department’s faculty are engaged in research and scholarly activity within their faculty groups and across LSE in research centres such as the Data Science Institute and other interdisciplinary institutes. The Department’s degree portfolio includes the BSc Management, a two-year Master’s in Management, and a number of specialist one-year Master’s programmes, including the MSc Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation (MISDI). 

The Department of Management at LSE seeks to hire an outstanding Assistant Professor belonging to the Information Systems and Innovation (ISI) group. The post holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the School by conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in high quality teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in School and Department activities. 

In recruiting for this position, the LSE intends to build on the ISI group’s distinctive socio-technical approach to research and education by adding depth specifically in emerging digital innovations. All members of ISI faculty are expected to contribute to our flagship degree, MSc MISDI. We will prioritise applications that show good understanding of our teaching programme and research tradition. 

Successful applicants will have a PhD or be close to completing a PhD by the end of 2024 in a social science discipline and/or an interdisciplinary field relevant to Management (Information Systems and Innovation). A track record of internationally excellent publications, or a trajectory for achieving this, as well as a well-developed strategy for future outstanding socio-technical research in information systems and innovation that has the potential to result in world-leading publications is essential. We also require a demonstrable ability to teach on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. 

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification attached to this vacancy on LSE’s online recruitment system. 

In addition to a competitive salary the rewards that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, research incentive scheme with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, collegial faculty environment and excellent training and development opportunities. 

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and person specification. 

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. For queries about the role contact: dom.facultyaffairs@lse.ac.uk. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 26 May 2024 (23.59 GMT). We are unable to accept any late applications.

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