Professor of Finance

Organisation/Company: Linköping University

Research Field: Economics » Business economics, Economics » Financial science, Economics » Valuation

Researcher Profile: Leading Researcher (R4)

Country: Sweden

Application Deadline: 27 Feb 2025 - 22:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract: Permanent

Job Status: Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Reference Number: 853--1-25724

Offer Description

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Work Assignments

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) at Linköping University has extensive activities in finance, with research, postgraduate education, and undergraduate education in three different divisions: Business Administration and Economics at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Production Economics at the Faculty of Science and Engineering. This position is in the Division of Business Administration and within the Unit for Accounting and Finance, but the assignment spans all three divisions at IEI.

Research is a significant part of the position. The holder of the position as Professor of Finance, in the role of research leader, is expected to develop, drive, and lead research at a high international level within the finance area broadly and specifically within financial economics, including corporate finance and valuation. The research is conducted at the division and in collaboration with other teachers and researchers active in finance. A central task for this position is to attract external funding for doctoral students, postdocs, and other colleagues. An important part of the position is to lead the work of building up and further developing a center formation within financial economics, linking the department’s research and teaching in finance.

You will actively participate in the research community, engage in division activities such as seminars and workshops, participate in research projects, communicate results through academic publications, and help attract external research funding.

As a Professor of Finance, you will teach at an advanced level in Swedish and English and supervise students in financial economics. The teaching part of the position includes course design and course responsibility.

You will contribute actively to the university's development work and show interest in collaborating with local society, ensuring the relevance of education to working life and creating conditions for lifelong learning.

Interest in administration and management tasks that build collaboration between different units within academia and with industry and society is important for the position.

Your work includes monitoring developments nationally and internationally within your field of study and other societal developments that are important to your work.

You are flexible and able to move between different types of pedagogical and scientific contexts, sharing knowledge and contributing to the working group’s professional development and social community.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated both academic and pedagogical excellence.

Scientific Excellence

- Documented scientific excellence at a high international level in financial economics.
- Publication in recognized journals and conferences in the field.
- Ability to develop a dynamic research environment is a merit.
- Documented ability to attract national and international research grants is a merit.
- Ability to lead research grant applications and programs involving multiple collaborators is a merit.
- Documented scientific excellence in corporate finance and valuation is a merit.

Pedagogical Excellence

- Documented pedagogical excellence in teaching and supervision at the undergraduate, advanced, and postgraduate levels in finance.
- Supervised doctoral students up to their dissertation defense is a requirement.
- Documented pedagogical excellence regarding course responsibility and course design is a merit.

Other Proficiencies

- Good collaboration skills and ability to contribute to developing the workgroup and social community are required.
- Good leadership ability to lead and motivate researchers, coordinate groups, and create engagement is a merit.
- Documented ability to collaborate with the surrounding society is a merit.

Since teaching and research are conducted in English and Swedish, you must demonstrate the ability to teach and conduct research in English. Additionally, it is desirable that you can teach and conduct research in Swedish within two years.

This employment is permanent, full-time. Starting date by agreement.

Background screening may be carried out before any decision on employment is made.

Salary and Employment Benefits

The university applies individual salaries. More information about employee benefits is available here.

Application Process

Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must be received no later than 28 of February 2025. Applications and documents received after this date will not be considered.

Please attach your selected research publications electronically in PDF or Word format in the application template. Research publications that cannot be sent electronically should be sent in three sets by mail to the University Registrar at Linköping University, University Registrar, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden. The publications must be received by Linköping University no later than the application deadline.

In the event of a discrepancy between the English translation of the job announcement and the Swedish original, the Swedish version shall take precedence.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives - diversity enriches our work and helps us grow. Preserving everybody's equal value, rights, and opportunities is a natural part of who we are. Read more about our work with: Equal opportunities.

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