Associate Professor in Management

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As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and those of Minority Ethnic backgrounds as they are currently under-represented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience relative to the role.

Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide and not less than £77,541 per annum inclusive, and 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’s faculty and research strength is centred in managerial economics and strategy, employment relations and human resource management, organisational behaviour, information systems and innovation, marketing, and operations management. The Department’s faculty members are engaged in research and scholarly activity across LSE, through research centres such as the Centre for Economic Performance, the Behavioural Lab for Research and Teaching, and interdisciplinary Institutes.  The Department’s own portfolio of degrees includes the BSc Management, a two-year Masters in Management, and specialist one-year masters programmes.   

The postholder will play a leading role in the development of the Governance, Environment, and Technology academic group within the Department. The Department aims to make this group a world-leading centre of teaching and research in political economy, with applications to the most pressing political and economic challenges of the 21^st century.

The Department of Management seeks to hire an outstanding Associate Professor who will strengthen our internationally renowned, innovative and publicly engaged faculty. Applications will be considered from candidates who possess records of excellence in teaching, academic advising, and research, and who demonstrate the potential for leadership in their field of research.

Successful applicants will have a PhD in economics, a closely related social science discipline, or a relevant interdisciplinary field. You will demonstrate a proven record of outstanding research, evidenced by multiple existing high-quality publications, at least two of which must be world leading, a track record of publishing in relevant top journals, as well as a clear, well-developed strategy for sustained high-quality research that will result in world-leading publications.

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

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

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

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The closing date for receipt of applications is 13 June 2025 (23.59 UK time).

We are unable to accept any late applications.

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