Are you ready to shape the future of leadership and sustainability? Do you have strong management skills and teaching qualifications? If so, you might be the ideal candidate we’re looking for.

The Department of Management at Aarhus BSS, Aarhus University, invites applications for positions as professors in Leadership and Sustainability. The professorships are full-time and permanent positions starting on 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible subject to mutual agreement.

The Department of Management wishes to strengthen our focus on leadership and sustainability. We are looking for candidates with an excellent publication record in the field and a demonstrated ability to develop and teach courses in leadership and sustainability.

The new professors are expected to spearhead the department's profile in these research and teaching areas and seek to build a research center by attracting external funding. We also expect the new professor to strengthen the connection between the Department of Management and other departments at Aarhus University.
 

 

Job description

As a professor in leadership and sustainability you will:

• Significantly contribute to the department’s research and teaching and promote the school’s overall research strategy
• Teach and supervise students across Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD levels
• Conduct world-class research and develop new insights within leadership and sustainability
• Carry out individual and group-based research of the highest international standard contributing to the development of our academic field
• Drive the development of new courses and study programs while also supporting young talents and PhD students

The department is international and the working language and language of teaching in the majority of courses is English.
 

Qualifications

We are seeking candidates with a strong academic background as associate professor or equivalent who should be able to demonstrate significant contributions to development in the field. Your academic contributions should be well-documented through internationally recognized publications. In addition, we are looking for someone who:

• Has management skills as well as strong teaching qualifications
• Has proven research leadership and administrative skills e.g. in attracting external funding, developing and leading activities and personal experiences with leading international research projects and industry cooperation
• Can provide quality teaching both at the undergraduate and the graduate levels and must be committed to developing the study programs
• Engages in talent development, e.g. spotting potential PhD students, further developing our PhD program and supporting young scholars
• Participate in and support the department's knowledge exchange efforts to the surrounding society

Permanent employment as professor at Aarhus BSS requires completion of the faculty supervision course as well as the Online and blended learning course provided by Centre for Educational Development. If you have not completed the courses prior to employment, continued employment will be conditional on completion of the courses within a five-year period.
 

Who we are

The Department of Management is one of the six departments at Aarhus BSS, one of the five faculties at Aarhus University. Aarhus BSS unites the research fields of business and social sciences bringing them closer together to reflect the close relationship between society and the business community. As part of a Top 100 university, Aarhus BSS, and specifically the Department of Management, has achieved the distinguished AASCB, AMBA and EQUIS accreditations – the latter specifically applying to the school's core business activities.

The department's research and teaching environment is highly international and culturally diverse with a mix of Danish and international academic staff members and PhD students. We employ more than 160 academic staff including researchers, PhD students, and research associates and cover a broad range of disciplines within management, e.g. marketing, corporate communication, international business, organization, HR, strategy, management accounting, innovation management, entrepreneurship, project management, and information systems. We aim to conduct high-quality research, and we give high priority to publishing our research in leading academic journals and presenting it at recognised conferences. In addition, we have a dynamic exchange of international researchers, who stay at the department for short or long periods of time.

For more information about the Department of Management, please visit: http://mgmt.au.dk/
 

Further information

For further information about the position and the department, please contact Head of Department Jacob Kjær Eskildsen, Tel.: +45 9352 1431, Email: eskildsen@mgmt.au.dk.

If you need help uploading your application or have any questions about the recruitment process, please contact HR supporter Maria Løvgaard Bodin, Tel.: +45 8715 3445, Email: mgb@au.dk

Place of work

Aarhus BSS
Department of Management
Fuglesangs Alle 4
DK-8210 Aarhus V Denmark
 

Deadline

All applications must be made online and received by 19 May 2025.

 

International applicant?

Aarhus University offers a broad variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including relocation service and career counselling to expat partners. Please find more information here:
https://internationalstaff.au.dk/relocationservice/

Please find more information about research opportunities at Aarhus University here: http://international.au.dk/research/
 

Terms of employment

The appointment is made in accordance with the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Danish Universities as well as the circular on the Collective Agreement for Academics Employed by the State (in Danish).
The job content and qualification requirements are described in further detail in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of  Academic Staff at Universities.
 

Application procedure

When you apply for this position it is mandatory to attach the following:

• Application
• Curriculum Vitae. You are encouraged to declare any periods of leave without research activity, including, for example, maternity leave, since your research activities are assessed in relation to your actual research time
• Education (diploma for master's, PhD and possibly higher doctoral degree)
• List of publications (the enclosed publications must be clearly marked on the list of publications)
  Publications. Up to 10 publications can be included in the application. In the event of several authors the publications must be accompanied by a co-author statement concerning the applicant's share of the collaborative work with the consent of the co-authors. This template may be used for the purpose
• Teaching portfolio. The specific requirements regarding the documentation can be found here

Materials which cannot be uploaded together with the application may be submitted in five copies to Aarhus BSS HR & PhD, Aarhus University, Tåsingegade 1, 2nd floor, DK-8000 Aarhus C.
 
Read more about how to apply for an academic post at Aarhus BSS here

 
The evaluation process

After the application deadline, an assessment committee is appointed. Please note that the assessment of applicants is based solely on the material received prior to the application deadline. For further information, see Guidelines for Assessment Committee, Aarhus BSS.
 
Read more about Aarhus BSS' professorship policy here.
The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.