Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant post doc. in Welfare Management at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy.
Core research areas of the MPP are public and political management, management philosophy, business history, strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. It is the ambition of MPP to strengthen and develop cross disciplinary research and teaching in the intersection between, on the one hand, business and economics and, on the other hand, social science and the humanities. Research and teaching at MPP is committed to continuous challenge of existing disciplinary boundaries, while at the same time providing new knowledge with relevance to CBS stakeholders in particular and society in general.
MPP is divided into four research groups, complemented by an administrative unit that provides professional support within research and education. MPP seeks to ensure an ongoing improvement within the areas of administration and appreciates staff members who take an active part in this development.
The post doc. will be positioned in our Political Management group. The purpose is to strengthen our research in welfare management, cross institutional collaboration and knowledge sharing. The candidate should ensure tight link between research and practice.
Examples of research areas that the post doc. might cover:
Management of welfare institutions
Management of collaborations
Poststructuralist analytical strategies
The post doc. is a non-tenured position for a 2-year period with research obligation.
To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department.
Qualifications
The applicant must hold a PhD or the equivalent. In assessing applications, particular emphasis will be placed on research potential.
Emphasis is placed on research relevant to the job description.
Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities).
For further information please contact: Professor Niels Åkerstrøm Andersen, tel.: +45 3815 3664, e-mail na.lpf@cbs.dk. Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/mpp
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.
Application
Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below.
Application must include:
A summary of the candidate’s main strengthens and abilities.
A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 5 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement.
Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration)
Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation.
Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level.
Transcript(s) and a full CV.
An expert committee will be reviewing the received job applications. The committee’s recommendation of each candidate will be submitted to the person in question.
Closing date: 1 May 2012
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.
