Aalborg University Business School (AAUBS) invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor position in International Business. The position is a 4-year fixed-term appointment (37 hours/week) with a planned start date of December 1, 2026, or soon thereafter.

The IB Research Group at AAUBS aims to deliver high quality PBL-teaching, research, and outreach activities in international business to enable students, companies, and society at large to address the grand challenges in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) world. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and collaborative faculty dedicated to excellence in cross-cultural teaching and research.

The position offers an excellent opportunity to develop a strong academic profile within a dynamic and internationally oriented research environment, combining high-quality research, Problem-Based Learning (PBL)-based teaching, and engagement with industry and society.

Your work tasks

The IB Research Group seeks a highly motivated and collaborative candidate to fill this position. Research areas will be within International Business with a focus on one or more of the following contemporary areas reflecting the current trends and challenges in the field of International Business:

• Global mobility and international human resource management (IHRM) in the face of global geopolitical and institutional disruption,
• Resilience and international firms’, networks’ and ecosystems’ strategic responses to disruption,
• Technological transformation (particularly focused on AI) and International Business.

The successful applicant is required to show evidence of a pipeline of internationally recognised international business-oriented research publications and demonstrate a thought through plan for future research activities. The appointee is expected to be a team player, who will be actively involved in interdisciplinary research initiatives through developing collaboration within the IB group as well as with other research groups in the AAUBS and with Departments across the University. Moreover, we value academic citizenship and will accordingly evaluate the candidate’s ability to contribute to taskforces, research events organization, support of junior scholars, etc.

The appointee will contribute to an engaging and inclusive Problem-Based Learning (PBL) environment at AAUBS. Therefore, a willingness and ability to teach effectively at all levels and an enthusiastic approach to all aspects of teaching is essential. Teaching experience in topics related to international business is an advantage; other teaching experience such as in micro- and macroeconomics is welcome.

Aalborg University has outstanding record in developing its educational and research activities by integrating academic and relevant practical excellence. Ability to network and develop partnerships with external organisations will be relevant to further enhance this reputation and profile. Therefore, applicants with a high level of interpersonal skills and ability to develop links with businesses that can benefit academic teaching, research, and funding applications are preferred.

Qualification requirements 
Appointment as assistant professor requires academic qualifications at PhD level. The research potential of each applicant will be emphasized in the overall assessment.

How to apply  
Your application must include the following: 

• Application, stating reasons for applying, qualifications in relation to the position, and intentions and visions for the position 
• Curriculum Vitae (CV) 
• Diplomas (master's degree diploma and PhD diploma) 
• List of publications, with an indication of the attached publications that you wish to be taken into account in the assessment. You may attach a maximum of five publications. You must submit a co-author statement, see template for co-author statement 
• Documentation of teaching qualifications. Please see guidelines for teaching portfolio at The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities. 
• Dissemination qualifications, including participation on committees or boards, participation in organisations etc. 
• Additional qualifications in relation to the position 
• References/recommendations 

You can read more about the requirements for your application here.    

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

Aalborg University wants to reflect the surrounding society and has diversity as a core value. Therefore, everyone, regardless of personal background and orientation, is encouraged to apply for the position. 

Do you have any questions? 
If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact us. You will find contact persons at the bottom of the jobpost.     

Further information 
Read more about our recruitment process here   

The appointment process at Aalborg University involves a shortlisting process. You can read more about the shortlisting and appointment process here.  

The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires, ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of the workplace. 

Salary and terms of employment  
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (in Danish). 

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state (AC collective agreement) (only in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (only in Danish). 

There is a mutual probationary period of 3 months for the position.

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Aalborg University is an international workplace with more than 3,700 employees. We offer real-world-oriented education and create world-class research results through collaboration between researchers, students, and public and private companies. This is how we achieve insights, new solutions to societal problems, and knowledge that changes the world. Our main campus is in Aalborg, but we also have campuses in Esbjerg and Copenhagen.