Assistant Professorship (Danish Tenure Track) in Accounting

The Department of Business and Economics, University of Southern Denmark, invites applications for one or more tenure track positions as assistant professor within the area of Accounting to be filled as soon as possible.

Applicants for tenure-track assistant professor positions at SDU must be scholars with an internationally competitive research profile, whose potential is at the very forefront of their discipline.

The department values a diversity of competences and academic profiles, and, thus, applicants must present a clear academic profile. By academic profile we understand the combined quality of research, teaching and societal engagement.

Job description

The department has a strong tradition for high-quality research and teaching within the fields of economics and business. The research and teaching activities at the department are organized within four groups: Accounting; Finance; Microeconomics and Management Science, and Econometrics and Economic History. Furthermore, OECONOMIA, which is a unit that undertakes research-based consultancy in the form of economic analyses, is highly integrated in the department.

It is the aim of the department to conduct research of the highest international standard documented through 1.) publications in internationally distinguished journals, 2.) presentations at international conferences and 3.) dissemination with high visibility and broad social impact

Furthermore, the department emphasizes to offer high-quality research-based teaching using the newest teaching methods to enhance students’ learning.

The accounting group is responsible for all undergraduate and graduate accounting courses at the five campuses at the University of Southern Denmark. The research group is in Odense and Kolding respectively.

The successful applicant will be responsible for the teaching of courses in Economics / Business Economics and supervision of students at both the BSc and MSc levels. Also, the applicant will be tasked with a range of obligations at the department, including:

• Conduct and publish research at a high international level in areas of relevance
• Perform research-related tasks such as taking active part in developing the research collectively by e.g. joining common research projects, seeking external funding, and engaging in knowledge exchange activities with the surrounding society

It is important to the department that applicants have good interpersonal skills and are dedicated to take part in the everyday academic and social environment at the department.

The faculty believes in fostering a stimulating and inspiring environment for both faculty members and students. The department’s ambition is therefore to recruit, develop, and retain talented scholars committed to both academic excellence and departmental development. Furthermore, the department wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

For further information, please contact head of department, Lone Grønbæk, telephone +45 6550 4182, e-mail [email protected] or head of group, Hans Frimor, telephone + 45 6550 3325, e-mail [email protected]

The Danish tenure track employment

The Danish tenure-track employment is a focused assistant professorship with a guaranteed assessment for a position as an associate professor, not limited in time, within the tenure-track assistant professor’s field of study.

The applicants for tenure-track assistant professorships are assessed based the applicant's potential to reach the above-mentioned assessment criteria during the tenure-track period. The candidate will only be promoted to associate professor when the assessment committee confirms that the candidate has scholarly merits at a level of international excellence beyond what can normally be expected for qualification at the level of associate professor.

The tenure-track assistant professor will be assigned a mentor upon employment. The department will further host annual performance- and development reviews to ensure the progress of the assistant professor’s development towards meeting the qualifications of an associate professorship. A formal midterm evaluation will be conducted by a committee consisting of the head of the department and two external researchers with relevant qualifications, with the purpose of ensuring the focus of the assistant professor’s activities, as well as to create the basis for the planning of the remaining period.

The transition from assistant professor to associate professor

Within the 6th year of employment, the tenure-track assistant professor is expected to transition into an associate professor position, following a positive assessment conducted by a formally approved assessment committee, consisting of a chairman appointed by the University of Southern Denmark and two external committee members approved by the dean, the academic council and the tenure-track committee of the university.

The assessment committee evaluates the tenure-track assistant professor based on the promotion guidelines of the department. The Faculty of Business and Social Science at SDU expects the successful tenure-track assistant professor to have performed, progressed and achieved an acceptable record across the six scholarly dimensions; research, teaching, knowledge exchange, fundraising for research, community building and academic administration. These assessment criteria will also reflect, that a positive evaluation alone guarantees a position as associate professor, and the evaluation measures are, therefore, tightened compared to the promotion guidelines of the department in the transition assessment.

The Recruitment Process

Appointment to the position requires a PhD or equivalent and will be in accordance with the salary agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations.

• Detailed CV
• An elaborated research plan (max 3 pages) for the next 4 years that describes:
  • the potential to advance the field (both empirically and theoretically)
  • relationships to the aim and goals of the relevant research area
  • planned national and international collaborations to support the research plan
  • the plans for obtaining external funding to support the research plan
  
  
• Certificates/Diplomas (Master and PhD degree)
• Complete list of publications, indicating which publications are most relevant for the position
• Up to 3 of the most relevant publications. Please upload a pdf for each publication. NOTE: If publications have been co-authored, co-author statements must be a part of this pdf and must include information as shown this example. The statement is just for your inspiration
  • Please attach the PhD dissertation as a publication, if such exist
  
  

Applicants applying for an assistant professorship are requested to submit a teaching portfolio with the application as documentation for teaching experience as well as supervision qualifications. Formal application instructions and guide for teaching portfolio may be found here.

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English.

Applications that are incomplete with regards to the above requirements may be rejected without any substantive evaluation.

Assessment of applications will be done under existing Appointment Order for universities. Applications will be assessed by an academic assessment committee that determines whether applicants are qualified to be an assistant professor. The assessment committee will base its evaluation on the current qualification guidelines of the Department (see here). The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material. The committee reserves the right to arrive at a decision solely based on the material submitted.

The applicants for tenure-track assistant professorships, are assessed based on the criteria of the promotion guidelines and the applicant’s potential to reach an international level of scholarly excellence during the tenure-track period. The candidate will only be promoted to associate professor when the assessment committee confirms that the candidate has scholarly merits at a level of international excellence beyond what can normally be expected for qualification at the level of associate professor, with reference to the promotion guidelines of the research group in which the position is announced.

Indicators of relevant scholarly merits could be documented through scholarly output independent of the PhD supervisor, ground-breaking publications, achievement of excellence grants, and international research network.

Shortlisting may be used in the assessment process.

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the head of department who will assemble an appointments committee. The appointments committee will manage and complete a series of job interviews with especially promising applicants. Based on the applications, the written assessments, the job interviews, and a deliberation within the appointments committee, the head of department determines which candidate(s) will be offered the position.

Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 15 april 2020 using the link below. Uploaded files must be in Adobe PDF (unlocked) or Word format.

Read the guideline for the applicants

Each field can only contain a single file of max. 10 Mb.