Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona (UAB), Department of Business
Tenure-Track Positions in all
business-related areas.
The Department of
Business at Universitat Autònoma
Barcelona (UAB) invites applications for full
time positions for junior level candidates in accounting, finance, operations management and
information systems, marketing,
managerial and financial economics, and strategic management.
The positions
will be effective in September
2014
and continue over a minimum period two years with the
possibility of being
extended over other five years. There are no administrative
responsibilities,
but the newly recruited academics are expected to contribute
to the department
through research and teaching at the undergraduate/graduate
level. However, the
teaching load will be conveniently reduced (English, Spanish
and/or Catalan
courses exist).
The Department of Business at
UAB has active research and teaching groups in all the
above-mentioned areas
with more than 100 employees. It is located in the Faculty
of Economics and
Business Studies at UAB, Campus Bellaterra (Barcelona),
Spain.
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB)
was founded in 1968 and currently
stands 11th in the world university ranking Top 50 under 50
(QS WUR 2012/13).
It corresponds to the position 4th in Europe and 1st in Spain.
Furthermore,
according to the QS WUR Ranking 2013/2014, the University is
located at
position 177th in the world ranking, 79th in Europe, and 1st
in Spain. In the
field of Social Sciences, UAB is in the top 100 worldwide (it
ranks 95th). The University
currently enrolls about 40,000 students, with 3,500 academics
(teaching and
research staff) and is located at 15 km from the city of
Barcelona with
excellent public transport facilities.
Qualifications:
The candidate must
have a PhD in any of the aforementioned or highly related
areas from a
reputable university received before September 2014.
He/she must demonstrate a
strong commitment to scholarly research and potential for
high-quality research
with reasonable
publications
in international refereed journals or expectations for
potential
future publications. Flexibility to join and collaborate with
the research in
progress in the department will be considered. The
candidates are also
expected to actively engage in research seminars and similar
activities at the
Department. As regards teaching, demonstrated
teaching competences in the related fields
of the position are also required. The candidate should have
good communication
skills in English (applicants must be fluent but not
necessarily native
speakers) and familiarity with a technologically infused
academic environment.
Contact and Application
procedure: Interested candidates should send an
e-mail including the following
attachments:
§ Cover
letter or statement
of research interests
§ Curriculum
Vitae
§ Job
market paper
§ Two
letters of
reference
The
full application has to be
electronically sent to the following e-mail address: [log in to unmask]. Deadline for the application is on Jan, 31st, 2014. Short listed candidates will be
contacted and
invited for an interview-job seminar which will take place
between March and
April, 2014.