Assistant Professor in Management

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Department of Management 

Assistant Professor in Management

(Information Systems and Innovation) 

Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide.

Salary is no less than £68,087 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 holds a central position within LSE, a globally recognized university specializing in the social sciences, located in the heart of London. The department's faculty and research expertise are focused on various areas, including information systems and innovation, employment relations and human resource management, organisational behaviour, managerial economics and strategy, and marketing. 

Faculty members actively engage in research and scholarly activities across LSE, collaborating with other faculty groups, including the newly formed Governance, Environment, and Technology (GET) faculty group, as well as various interdisciplinary institutes such as the Data Science Institute and the Behavioural Lab for Research and Teaching. The Department’s degree portfolio includes a BSc in Management, a Master’s in Management, specialist Master’s programmes, such as the MSc in Management of Information Systems and Digital Innovation (MISDI), and PhD in Management. 

In recruiting for this position, the LSE aims to establish the ISI group as a global leader in digital innovation research and education, building on the group’s distinctive socio-technical approach. 

Successful applicants will have a PhD or be close to completing a PhD by the post start date, in a social science discipline and/or an interdisciplinary field relevant to Management (Information Systems and Innovation).  A track record of world-leading publications in top-tier scholarly journals, such as MIS Quarterly and Information Systems Research, or a trajectory for achieving this with a strong research agenda is essential. We especially welcome scholars who integrate computational social science approaches with traditional qualitative or quantitative approaches. Experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate programmes is desirable. 

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 benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research grants policy 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, including shortlisting criteria, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification. 

To apply for this post, click the 'Apply' button. 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 16 November 2025 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.

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