A full-time position in Entrepreneurship at Assistant Professor level (Research Track)
emlyon business school invites applications for a research focused position in Entrepreneurship. Applications are invited from highly motivated candidates with demonstrate research excellence across all areas of entrepreneurship. The appointment begins in September 2025.
The selected candidate will be attached and collaborate with our existing team of professors and researchers in the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and in the InvEnt Research Centre (link) to grow and extend our research and teaching in entrepreneurship. We embrace different research approaches and methods with a keen focus on quality in research.
We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:
- Ph.D. / doctorate degree in entrepreneurship or related area.
- Evidence of research excellence in the field of entrepreneurship, with demonstrated potential to publish in the highest rank journals of the field (e.g., FT list)
- Experience of teaching courses in entrepreneurship, innovation or a related subject, and willingness to take on courses' pedagogical responsibilities, including supervising a portfolio of external lecturers.
- Desire to collaborate in a collegial and dynamic research and teaching team.
- Energy, dynamism, and demonstrated professional ethical values
- Willingness to travel to our other French campuses (Paris).
The candidate will be expected to contribute to and is regularly evaluated based on three areas of activities: (1) research performance, (2) teaching and student supervision, and (3) institutional service (e.g., administration, service in committees, representation of the school in the media and events).
Fluency and teaching experience in English is required. We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds (gender, ethnic background, nationality) to apply.
If you would like to have an informal chat with a representative of emlyon at the Academy of Management Conference, please contact professor Pia Arenius at arenius@em-lyon.com. I will also be happy to provide further info about our open position and of our brand-new campus in Lyon Gerland, where you can enjoy the benefits of a city location.
The officially job announcement will soon follow. Please follow our website and social media channels to keep informed.
On behalf of Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship a emlyon business school
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