Associate Professorship in Marketing

Copenhagen Business School; København; On-site; DKK 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for an Associate Professorship in the Department of Marketing. The appointee will conduct research in one of the core areas and contribute to teaching across undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in Danish and English.

The position emphasizes high-quality research, teaching excellence, and active engagement with industry to create societal impact. Expected starting date is during 2027, with salary according to Danish academic pay scales.

Qualifications

• Candidates must demonstrate research and teaching qualifications corresponding to the level achieved through a successful Assistant Professorship or equivalent.
• Applicant must document relevant, original and up-to-date scientific publications at an international level within one of the core research areas.
• Pedagogical qualifications and good teaching evaluations are required, with ability to innovate in education.
• CBS emphasizes ability to establish productive contacts with the business community and other stakeholders to provide societal impact.
• The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Teaching in both English- and Danish-language programmes is offered; Danish proficiency is welcome but not required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual and group-based research meeting high international standards.
• Contribute to academic development of the discipline and research environment.
• Deliver high-quality teaching, associated examination and educational development.
• Initiate and apply for external funding.
• Contribute to administrative responsibilities and CBS-wide tasks.
• Engage externally to generate and communicate societal impact to CBS stakeholders.
• Participate in department life, supervise early career researchers and PhD students, and foster collegial environment.
• Promote CBS's academic reputation.

Job description

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant Associate Professorship at the Department of Marketing. Core research areas of the Department of Marketing include Branding, B2B Marketing/Sales, Consumer Behavior, Digital Marketing, and Tourism & Hospitality Management. The associate professor’s research must have a clear relevance to one or more of the Department’s core research areas.

Expected starting date is during 2027 (preferably no later than 1 September).

The Department is a highly regarded provider of research-based marketing education in Europe, and we consistently rank among Europe's top 5 business schools based on the number of high-quality research publications in leading marketing journals. We are committed to academic excellence and to fostering a friendly, diverse and inclusive academic environment in which colleagues engage with and support one another and contribute actively to department life. With more than 45 faculty members representing a variety of backgrounds, research interests and methodological approaches, the department offers a combination of broad and deep expertise with which we co-create and deliver value for sustainable business growth. In addition, the department engages around 60 part-time lecturers with solid, practice-oriented experience. Our teaching responsibilities comprise undergraduate, graduate, and executive teaching in general marketing and across the core research areas of the Department. Teaching is delivered in both Danish and English.

Responsibilities

• Individual and group-based research meeting high international standards
• Contribute to the academic development of their discipline and research environment
• High-quality teaching, associated examination and educational development
• Initiating and applying for external funding
• Contributing to the administrative responsibilities of the department and to CBS-wide tasks
• External engagement, including generating and communicating societal impact to the public in general and to CBS’s stakeholders in particular
• Active participation in department life, including engaging in research, supervision of early career researchers and PhD students and other academic activities, and contributing to a collaborative and supportive collegial environment
• Promoting CBS's academic reputation

Qualifications

Candidates must demonstrate research and teaching qualifications corresponding to the level achieved through a successful Assistant Professorship or equivalent. Candidates must document relevant, original and up-to-date scientific publications at an international level within one of the core research areas covered by the department. The candidate should be able to document pedagogical qualifications, good teaching evaluations, and the ability to innovate within the educational field. CBS emphasizes the candidate’s ability to establish productive contacts with the business community and other stakeholders to provide impact. The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken). The Department has teaching commitments in both English- and Danish-language programmes and welcomes applicants who can contribute to teaching in Danish; however, proficiency in Danish is not a requirement for the position.

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organization of this type (highlighting also, for example, relevant business and dissemination activities).

For further information please contact: Head of Department Thyra Uth Thomsen, [e-mail]. Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.

Recruitment procedure

A minimum of two applicants will be shortlisted after the application deadline and hereafter all applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process. The shortlisted applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment. A selection of the qualified applicants will be invited for interviews. Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application. Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.

Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk.

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