Assistant Professorship in Stress and well-being

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant Assistant Professorship in stress and well-being at the Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy (MPP).

Stress and well-being and challenges involved in business and organizational practices is an area of intense focus in current societal debate. The purpose of opening this position is to develop cross-disciplinary research into fundamental stress-related problems. The position aims to strengthen the focus on collaboration and development of new methods and measures to work with stress and well-being in research and teaching at MPP. The aim of the position is to attract candidates with a strong potential for investigating stress-related problems as well as solutions based on a deep knowledge of stress and well-being.

We especially welcome applications from candidates whose work is interdisciplinary, who are interested in combining discussions of theoretical frameworks with investigations of practical application, and who are interested in exploring the transformational potential of their research for business, society and scholarship.

Profile of MPP
MPP is a core part of CBS, and its largest and most diverse Department, dedicated to critical and cutting-edge research in the humanities and social sciences with a focus on the study of the human in society. Our fields of study and backgrounds are diverse. They are from within disciplines, between disciplines and across disciplines but maintain this central concern with the condition of humans as individuals and collectives, and with forms of social and economic organization and juridical-political regulation. While closely collaborating with many of our sister Departments, MPP is distinguished by the diversity of the perspectives and approaches we offer and our desire to mobilize the most advanced state of theoretically-informed knowledge in humanities and social sciences. We are concerned to use our backgrounds to rethink the fundamentals of business school education and to establish the basis of lifelong learning in business and social organizations. We critically ground our approach in the wider CBS strategy by taking a problematizing and self-reflexive approach to the transformations of society, of business, and of the human subject.

MPP is organised into five research groups: CBS LAW, Business History, Management and Entrepreneurship, Management Philosophy, and Public and Political Management (known locally as Law, History, Management, Philosophy and Politics), which exercise not only a relative autonomy but also benefit from collaboration and cross-fertilization.

The Department is committed to research-based education and to bring this understanding into play in society in a constructive, engaged, and value-generating manner. A key focus of MPP is to publish its research with highly ranked academic journals and book publishers across a broad spectrum of areas, reflecting the Department’s multidisciplinary character. Across the Department, there is a keen interest in developing transformative forms of teaching and learning in collaboration with CBS faculty, international researchers, students and partner organizations, including The Royal Academy. MPP’s researchers teach in a wide range of CBS programs that cover Bachelor, Master, and PhD levels as well as executive programs.

The position is located in the Management Philosophy Group.
The Assistant Professorship is a fixed term position (2 years) with research and teaching obligations.
To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant must hold a PhD or the equivalent.
The applicant chosen is expected to be physically present at the campus on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department.

Responsibilities
This position is part of a strategic research initiative entitled: Stress prevention and well-being among students at CBS. The Assistant Professor is expected to design and conduct qualitative and quantitative research, and develop stress preventative measures and enhance well-being among students. A central part of the project is to collaborate with external stakeholders as well as with students and relevant staff across CBS. Qualifications related to these tasks and research experience that includes collaboration with different stakeholders is an advantage.

Examples of research areas that the Assistant Professorship might cover:

• Qualitative research methods
• Project management
• Communicate research to the public in general and to CBS’s stakeholders in particular.
• Contribute to the development and enhancement of the Department’s research areas and to maintain and strengthen CBS’s international research position.
• Participate in fund applications
• Teach and coordinate courses, and conduct supervision and exams at existing educational programs at CBS.
• Contribute to the research environment at MPP, and in particular in the Philosophy Group. Active participation in the regular research activities, such as research seminars, workshops and conferences.
• Promote CBS’s academic reputation.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in an appropriate field
• Documented qualifications for collaboration with external stakeholders
• Previous experience in research project management.
• Documented experiences for leading larger projects
• Documented teaching qualifications or other material for the evaluation of his/her pedagogical level. Please include an overview of teaching experience, evaluations and pedagogical considerations.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
• Enthusiasm for empirical research and theoretical curiosity.
• Professional proficiency in English (written and spoken)

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

Information
For further information please contact Philosophy Group Leader, Associate Professor Morten Sørensen Thaning, email: [email protected], or Head of Department, Professor Mitchell Dean, email: [email protected].

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:

1. A statement of application.
2. Proof of qualifications and a full CV.
3. Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level, including publications in the field’s internationally recognized journals and citations in the Social Science Citation Index and/or Google Scholar.
4. Documentation of teaching qualifications or other material for the evaluation of his/her pedagogical level.
5. Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation.
6. 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 10 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement.
7. 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. In case of publications with multiple authors, specify the contribution that the applicant has made in the publication.

Recruitment procedure
The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.
The 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.
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.

Deadline: 01-08-2021
Kilde: Jobnet.dk