Academic position in Marketing Faculty of Economics and Business
(starting date October 1, 2022)
The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) of the KU Leuven has a vacancy for a full-time academic position in the field of marketing. We are looking for a motivated candidate with a promising research record and with demonstrable teaching skills in the field of marketing.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Research
You are an ambitious, internationally oriented researcher in the domain of marketing. You strive for excellence in research and as such will contribute to the reputation of the Faculty of Economics and Business and the further development of the research agenda of the Department of Marketing across the three campuses (Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven). Your contribution will involve publishing in top-tier journals, acquiring research funding for fundamental research, enlarging the number of international collaborations, and supervising PhD dissertations, among others.
Teaching
The successful candidate will teach courses in the domain of Marketing at bachelor and/or master level. Courses will be allocated depending on the specific needs of the department and your expertise, based on mutual agreement. We expect that teaching satisfies the university standards in terms of level, orientation and academic content. You also contribute to the continuous development of the educational programs of the department. You supervise bachelor and master theses and act as promotor for PhD students. Tenure track candidates start with limited teaching duties.
You develop teaching methods in line with the KU Leuven approach of research-based education with an emphasis on activating students
(see http://www.kuleuven.be/english/education/education-at-ku-leuven). You take advantage of the opportunities offered by the faculty and the university to further develop your teaching skills. You contribute to the educational philosophy of the university, and you show commitment to uphold the high standards of its programs.
Service
You show a willingness to integrate in the research group, to actively participate in and contribute to professional group activities, and to take up internal service duties. You put teaching and research activities at the service of society and aim to contribute to the broader social debate. Tenure track candidates start with limited service duties.
REQUIREMENTS
The qualified candidate has a PhD in Economics or Business with an emphasis on Marketing or a PhD in a related domain with evidence of expertise in this field of research.
The qualified candidate demonstrates excellent research potential. The quality of research should be evidenced by the quality of the PhD dissertation, promising research projects and papers, publications in top-tier peer reviewed journals and/or international research experience. If the candidate obtained a PhD recently, academic references should corroborate the research potential.
You have teaching experience at the university level and can demonstrate strong didactical skills. You have a strong interest in teaching in the Marketing domain. Research-based teaching experience is an asset. The qualified candidate is communicative, has organizational talent and is a team player.
Your written and spoken English is excellent. The official administrative language used at KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not speak Dutch (or do not speak it well) at the start of employment, you can follow language training provided by KU Leuven to enable you to take part in administrative meetings. Before teaching courses in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to learn Dutch to the required standard.
OFFER
The vacancy is open to both junior and senior researchers. PhD students in the final phase of their studies may also apply. The successful candidate will be hired in the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or (Full) Professor depending on your qualifications and academic experience. Junior researchers will be appointed as assistant professor in tenure track for a period of 5 years, which in case of a positive evaluation is followed by an appointment as a tenured associate professor.
You will join a dynamic and internationally oriented research environment. The Department of Marketing consists of researchers working at the three main campuses of the FEB (Antwerp, Brussels, Leuven). For more information, please consult: https://feb.kuleuven.be/research/marketing.
The Faculty of Economics and Business has systematically been ranked highly by several independent accreditation committees regarding the quality of its research and teaching programs. The FEB has recently acquired the renowned EQUIS accreditation and benefits from an extensive national and international network, both in academia and in the business world. For more information, please consult: http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/research and http://feb.kuleuven.be/focus.
KU Leuven is well set to welcome foreign professors and their family and provides practical support with regard to immigration & administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, and partner career coaching, among others. To facilitate scientific onboarding and accelerate research in the first phase a starting grant of 100 000 euro is offered to new professors without substantial other funding, appointed for at least 50%. The KU Leuven pursues a policy of equal opportunity and diversity and explicitly encourages underrepresented groups at the university to apply. For more information, please consult: http://feb.kuleuven.be/eng/about-feb/jobs and https://feb.kuleuven.be/nl/0790-bro- intzap.pdf.
CONTACT
For more information please contact prof. dr. Els Breugelmans, chair of the search committee (tel.: +3232011882, mail: [email protected]), prof. dr. Siegfried Dewitte, chair of the cross- campus Department of Marketing (tel.: +3216326949, mail: [email protected]), or prof. dr. Wilfried Lemahieu, dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, (tel.: +32 16 32 68 70, mail: [email protected]).
Candidates are invited to describe their (future) research objectives and how their research contributes to the research program of the Department of Marketing in a Biosketch. Candidates should enclose teaching evaluations, if available, and a teaching statement (max. 1 page) explaining their didactic approach to teaching.
External Reference letters (required for junior applicants) can be sent directly to
Leuven application, for more information, please consult:
https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/en/academic-staff/senior-academic-staff-tenure-track- information#job-application.
For problems with online applying, please contact [email protected].
You can apply for this job no later than September 15, 2021 (23:59 CEST) via the online application
tool https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/jobs/60027294
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