AU Summer University 2027 – Guest Lecturers at the Department of Management

Aarhus University, Business and Social Sciences, hereby invites faculty members to teach for three weeks in July or August 2027 at AU Summer University.

Course suggestions
At the Department of Management, we are looking for lecturers who can teach at Bachelor’s or Master’s levels within, but not limited to, specialized topics within the following fields:

Digitalisation 
AI governance and organisational accountability; Cybersecurity strategy for business leaders; Data governance, privacy and competitive advantage; Why digital transformations fail — and how to succeed; Platform economics and digital business models

Entrepreneurship 
Social entrepreneurship and impact venturing; Scaling technology ventures; Entrepreneurial ecosystems and regional development; Corporate entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship

Strategy 
Strategy in AI-driven and platform markets; Geopolitics, friend-shoring and strategic resilience; Sustainability-driven business model transformation; Strategic foresight and scenario planning

Leadership 
Ethical dilemmas and authentic leadership; Leading diverse and distributed teams; Leadership under pressure: crisis and high-stakes decision-making; Coaching, mentoring and leadership development

Innovation 
Open innovation and ecosystem collaboration; Frugal and social innovation in underserved markets; Managing the idea-to-market pipeline; Design thinking and user-centred innovation

Marketing (B2B and B2C) 
Data-driven marketing: personalisation, privacy and performance; Sustainability marketing and green consumer behaviour; Key account management in complex B2B markets; Customer experience design and service management

International Business and Global Risk 
Political risk, corruption and cross-border compliance; Global value chains and trade policy in a fragmented world; Corporate fraud and forensic analytics in international contexts; Cross-cultural negotiation and international business ethics

Crisis Communication 
Corporate reputation management and post-crisis recovery; Crisis communication in the social media age; Communication in health and humanitarian emergencies; Internal crisis communication and organisational resilience

Business Administration and Management 
Organisational sustainability and resilience in turbulent times; Corporate governance and board effectiveness; Managing family firms: governance, succession and performance; Corporate purpose and stakeholder management

Organisation Studies 
Managing hybrid organisations: balancing market and mission; Organisational identity, culture and institutional change; Institutions, norms and organisational behaviour; Power, politics and organisational change

Financial Accounting and Auditing 
Sustainability reporting and the CSRD in practice; Current developments in IFRS; Audit quality, independence and credibility; AI and the future of financial reporting and audit

Sourcing and Purchasing Management 
Sustainable and responsible procurement; Supply chain resilience and risk management; Digital procurement and e-sourcing; Strategic supplier relationship management

Advanced Financial Statement Analysis 
Detecting earnings management and accounting manipulation; Equity valuation and investment analysis; Credit risk analysis; ESG integration in financial analysis and valuation

We invite proposals for specialized courses that have a minimal overlap with our current teaching portfolio. We encourage you to explicitly state how your proposal differs from or complements our current offerings. For information on the programs offered by the department, including course descriptions, please visit the relevant following links:

• Bachelor programs
• Master programs
• You can find examples of courses here.

Please submit your course proposal along with your CV and PhD diploma. If you wish to propose more than one course, please submit two different applications (by using two different e-mail addresses). Do not include two proposals in the same application.

IMPORTANT
Your course proposal must contain a brief outline of the aim, main contents, learning objectives, and teaching methods – please consult existing MGMT course descriptions. Please state the proposed level (BA or MA). Applications that do not contain a course proposal will not be taken into consideration.
You must use our course description template for your course proposal and upload it as your cover letter. You can find the template here.

Salary
The salary offered is 8075 EURO. We also pay for one return ticket on economy class.
Your salary will be subject to taxation in Denmark, and the tax rate will be around 25%. Double taxation agreements may have an influence on the total taxation of your income in Denmark when declared at home.

Teaching periods for 2027
You can choose to run your course in 
Term 1:
5 July - 23 July 2027
or
Term 2:
26 July - 13 August 2027

You are expected to teach all weekdays from 9-13, start and end date included. Class size ranges between 20 and 40 students.
Besides teaching, we expect you to assess the written exam and two retakes.

Selection criteria
Candidates are expected to hold a PhD degree and will be selected according to their teaching and research experience, and publication record within the field of the proposed course. The relevance and precision of the proposed course is also an important criterion. Specialized courses and courses not already in our teaching portfolio will be preferred.

Contact details
For further information on academic matters, candidates are invited to contact Associate Professor Mai Linneberg by email: [email protected]

For information on practical matters, please contact Program Coordinator Troels Storm Olin by email: [email protected]

For further information about the program and our services, please visit our website.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 37,000 students (FTEs) and 8,700 employees and has an annual revenue of EUR 1.106 billion. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/