Assistant Professor in Management

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university

As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and people from ethnic minority 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 £68,087 pa 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 at LSE seeks to hire an outstanding Assistant Professor belonging to a newly established 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 post holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the group and School by publishing outstanding research, engaging in high quality teaching, and participating in group, School and Department activities.

The Department of Management plays a central role in the LSE, a global, single-faculty, social science university located in the heart of London. Faculty members actively engage in research and scholarly activities across LSE, collaborating with research centres such as the Centre for Economic Performance, the Behavioural Lab for Research and Teaching, and various interdisciplinary institutes. The Department’s degree portfolio includes the BSc Management, a Master’s in Management, a number of specialist Master’s programmes, including the MSc in Management and Strategy, and a PhD programme in Economics and Management.

Successful applicants will have or be close to obtaining a PhD, in economics, a closely related social science discipline, or a relevant interdisciplinary field, by the post start date. In addition, candidates should possess expertise and research interests in political economy and the substantive areas of governance, environment, or technology and demonstrate a clear, well developed, and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. Candidates should also be able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills and have the ability to teach on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Management.

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.

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. Should you have any queries about the role, please email dom.facultyaffairs@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 5 December 2025 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.

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