Non-tenured Assistant Professor in Consumer Insights and Sustainability at the Department of Management, Society and Communic...
The position
The Assistant Professor position involves research projects as well as teaching obligations, with 70% of the time dedicated to research projects and 30% to teaching obligations.
The Assistant Professor will contribute to three externally funded research projects on sustainable food consumption. The research tasks include designing, carrying out and analysing experimental consumer studies on interventions fostering sustainable food consumption, with a specific focus on the transition to plant-rich diets. We are looking for a candidate with a strong affinity to working at the intersection between behavioural economics, food policy and the food sector (in particular supermarkets, canteens, restaurants), who has a history of publishing scientific articles in this field.
The teaching obligations involve exercise classes and lectures in statistics at Bachelor’s level and behavioural economics at Master’s level.
The selected candidate is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the research activities at the Department and the Consumer & Behavioural Insights Group.
The Department
MSC brings together scholars from a range of research areas within management, communication and the broader social sciences and humanities, studying organizations in global environments and the interaction and interdependencies of business, society and government. They share a common interest in studying organizations in global environments and the relations of organizations to the wider society, including decision-making at consumer level. Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/msc.
Qualifications
The applicant must hold a PhD or the equivalent in economics. In assessing applications, particular emphasis will be placed on research potential and research relevant to the job description.
The applicant needs to have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
The selected candidate is expected to have a minimum of 3 years of experience in working in externally funded projects on sustainable food consumption, including experience with field experiments and survey experiments in a Danish context.
The applicant needs to have advanced skills in quantitative statistical analysis of experimental data, experience with research project management, and a track record of scientific publications as well as project reports.
The selected candidate is expected to have experience in teaching courses on statistics and behavioural economics at a Danish university.
Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should articulate their motivation for working in an organisation of this type.
The selected candidate starts in January 2026.
Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organisation.
Application
Applications are to be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below:
Application must include:
- A cover letter with a summary of the candidate’s main strengths and abilities.
- A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with a *marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 5 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement.
- Copies of the publications marked with a *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration)
- Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation.
- Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level.
- Transcript(s)
- A full and updated CV
Recruitment procedure
The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee. All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.
The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment.
Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.
Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items above), by the application deadline.
Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply for the position. An appointment committee will review the applications and invite a selection of qualified candidates to an interview.
One of CBS’ strategic goals is the promotion of diversity, which is why every effort has been made to ensure a recruitment process that reduces potential bias. Applicants are therefore encouraged not to include a photo or unnecessary personal information in their application.
Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk.
For further information regarding the position please contact:
For further information on the position please contact: Associate Professor Meike Janssen, email: mj.msc@cbs.dk.
For information regarding the hiring process please contact HR-Coordinator Rikke Petersen, email: rpe.msc@cbs.dk
Please expect a longer response time due to the summer holidays.
Application due: 7/29/2025
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