Associate Professor in Entrepreneurship & Innovation

Reports to: Head of School

Trinity Business School (TBS) is an internationally ranked innovative business school and part of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s oldest and highest-ranking university. The School holds Triple Accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS and an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its achievements in advancing gender balance.

TBS is implementing its strategy Transforming Business for Good, focusing on sustainability, transformation through innovation and social inclusion.

The School invites applications for a strategic appointment at Associate Professor level in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.

This appointment forms part of TBS's strategic ambition to establish itself as Ireland's leading business school for entrepreneurship, innovation and responsible digital transformation. The successful candidate will play a central role in advancing the School's teaching, research and external engagement in entrepreneurship while contributing to the development of the Trinity Student Entrepreneurship Hub.

We seek an internationally recognised scholar whose research advances digital entrepreneurship, platform-based business models, AI-enabled venture creation, digital transformation or entrepreneurial ecosystems. The successful candidate will demonstrate an excellent record of research quality together with evidence that their work informs entrepreneurial practice, policy or executive decision-making.

The successful candidate will contribute to teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programmes, particularly:  the MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MBA programmes, Executive Education, undergraduate entrepreneurship and innovation modules.

They will also contribute to the continued development of AI-enhanced teaching practices, experiential entrepreneurship education, venture-based learning and digital learning environments.

Hours of work: Hours of work for academic staff are governed by the applicable Public Service Agreements.

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Associate Professor Salary Scale (€92,984 - €120,072 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy.

Closing date: 12 Noon (Irish Standard time), 21^st September 2026

Applications will only be accepted by applying online through the Trinity Jobs Portal. Please visit jobs.tcd.ie to view a full job description and to apply

• Cover letter stating why they wish to apply for the post.
• Full curriculum vitae to include a list of publications and the names and contact details of 3 referees (email addresses if possible).
• Publications to be listed according to their Chartered ABS rankings i.e. list highest ABS ranked journals first stating the ranking beside each publication e.g. ABS4, ABS3 or non-ABS.  Publications in the FT50 listed should also be noted as such.
• Research plan (summarising research to be carried out in the next two years and including details for funding sought – max 2 pages).
• Teaching statement (summarising teaching experience and approach – max 2 pages).

Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Professor Laurent Muzellec, email: DeanTBS@tcd.ie or Associate Professor Paul Ryan, email: paul.ryan@tcd.ie

Application queries about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner at recruit@tcd.ie and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

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