Assistant Professor of Economics

Lund University

Sweden

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Lund University

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 46 000 students and 8 500 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is one of eight faculties within Lund University. More than 4 000 students and 450 researchers, teachers and other staff are engaged here in training and research in economic history, business administration, business law, informatics, economics, statistics and research policy.

Lund University School of Economics and Management is accredited by the three largest and most influential accreditation institutes for business schools: EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. Only just over 100 business schools in the world have achieved this prestigious Triple Crown accreditation.

We are looking for an up-and-coming researcher who wants to conduct pioneering research to take up a position as Assistant professor in Business Administration with a focus on sustainable business and organizational resilience.

What we offer the successful candidate

Do you want to become a research leader of tomorrow through pioneering projects and research ideas? If so, you now have the opportunity to start as an assistant professor (associate senior lecturer) as part of Lund University Programme for Global Excellence.

The Department of Business Administration invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in business administration with a focus on sustainable business and organizational resilience. The position is embedded in the university’s strategic commitment to sustainable development. It targets international candidates whose research advances the understanding of how firms and organizations manage risks, build resilience, and engage in responsible governance in the context of major sustainability challenges.

Global sustainability challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and resource scarcity are increasingly recognized as systemic risks with implications for business, financial stability, and global value chains. At the same time, intensifying geopolitical tensions, shifting patterns of globalization, emerging industrial and security strategies, and evolving regulatory frameworks are reshaping the conditions under which firms operate and compete.

These developments create new tensions between openness and protection, efficiency and resilience, and short-term competitive pressures and long-term sustainability goals. Understanding how firms navigate these tensions, across global value chains, innovation systems, and institutional environments, is a central research challenge. At the same time, rapid technological transformation is reshaping the conditions for research itself, making large-scale data increasingly accessible and enabling new forms of analysis through artificial intelligence. We therefore seek candidates who combine strong expertise in business administration and sustainable development with demonstrated experience in advanced quantitative methods, large-scale data analysis, and the use of AI in research.

As an assistant professor you will develop your qualifications over a period of 4 years after which you may be promoted to a tenured position as a senior lecturer, with opportunities for further career advancement. You will receive five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education and get the opportunity to learn Swedish through the University’s Swedish language courses for new international staff. As you prepare to move to Sweden, we offer you support through our relocation service, and if you’re bringing your family, they’ll receive support and make new connections through Lund’s International Citizen Hub who provides a gateway to Swedish society and your new community.

At the turn of the year 2026/2027, Sweden's largest scientific funder, the Swedish Research Council, will announce attractive funding for Assistant Professors with an international background. Our ambition is that all appointments within the framework of the Lund University Programme for Global Excellence will be nominated for this funding.

Read more about the University joint announcement: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/lund-university-programme-global-excellence

The Department of Business Administration is a multidisciplinary research environment, reflecting the multidisciplinarity of business administration and the diversity of research traditions characterizing the academic field and the study of organizations in a broad societal perspective.

Duties – what we expect from you

We want you to thrive at Lund University and be able to make the best of your time at the Lund University and the Department of Business Administration. As an assistant professor, you will therefore have the opportunity to engage whole-heartedly in the research you are passionate about. You are expected to generate new knowledge on how firms anticipate, absorb, and adapt to complex and cascading disruptions in a global environment shaped by geoeconomic and geopolitical change and rapid financial transformation.

As the holder of this position, most of your time will be allocated for your own research in collaboration with strong research environments, research infrastructures and international platforms. The position includes 60% research, 30% teaching, and 10% other duties including training in teaching and learning in higher education and Swedish.

In addition to conducting research, during your time as an Assistant Professor you will also develop your teaching expertise, outreach and collaboration skills, along with Swedish language proficiency. You will contribute to and strengthen the department’s ongoing development of AI-integrated research and business education.

We hope that one of your first duties will be to conduct an innovative research project that is funded by the Swedish Research Council.

Qualifications for employment as an assistant professor

You hold a doctoral degree or have corresponding research expertise in business administration or a sub-discipline of business administration, for example business finance, entrepreneurship and innovation studies, financial and management accounting, management, marketing, organizational studies, and strategic management.

We will primarily prioritise those applicants who have obtained a doctoral degree within the last 5 years from the closing date for applications. Exceptions apply for documented circumstances such as parental leave, military service or illness.

Requirements – what you must have

A good ability to initiate, develop and implement high-quality research
Good teaching ability
Recent and relevant international research experience
Demonstrated experience in advanced quantitative methods, large-scale data analysis, and AI-enabled approaches
A project description for innovative research in sustainable business and organizational resilience
Documented leadership skills
Good communication skills
Very good English skills (oral and written)
Motivation and ability to learn Swedish
No remuneration or grant from Swedish employers/funding bodies since 31 December 2022