Faculty of Economics and Business
The University of Groningen, The Netherlands, seeks to fill a tenure track position in International Management at the Assistant Professor level. Experienced Assistant/Associate professors will be considered for this position as well.
Since its foundation in 1614, the University of Groningen has enjoyed an international reputation as a dynamic and innovative centre of higher education offering high-quality teaching and research. Balanced study and career paths in a wide variety of disciplines encourage the university’s 30,000 students and researchers to develop their own individual talents. Belonging to the best research universities in Europe and joining forces with prestigious partner universities and networks, the University of Groningen is truly an international place of knowledge.
The Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB -
https://www.rug.nl/feb/), which belongs to the 1% of business schools worldwide to have both EQUIS and AACSB accreditations, is a research focused, international Faculty. FEB offers an inspiring international academic community for students, staff, alumni and external organisations. The Faculty is renowned for its quality, ambition and identity. Its mission is to prepare students for a career in research or a leading position in the corporate or public sector through high quality, research based degree programmes in the fields of economics and business; to contribute to the advancement of knowledge in these fields by conducting high quality research; and to provide a stimulating and international environment for both staff and students. Research output rankings rate FEB among the top 60 institutes world-wide, and top 10 in Europe.
The position is housed within the Department of Global Economics and Management, (GEM -
https://www.rug.nl/research/gem/) part of the Faculty of Economics and Business. The Department is home to a vibrant community of scholars from all over the world, comprising nearly 50 full-time faculty and over 20 PhD students. About 1/3 of the faculty members is non-Dutch and more than 80% of the PhD students come from outside the Netherlands. GEM faculty engage in cutting-edge research (
https://www.rug.nl/research/gem/research/) in International Economics, International Business, and International Management. The department covers a variety of interests and backgrounds, and embraces a range of research approaches and methods with a keen focus on quality in research and teaching. GEM focuses on applied as well as fundamental research questions.
Faculty members in the area of International Management include Sjoerd Beugelsdijk, Rian Drogendijk, Gary Ge, Sathyajit Gubbi, Viacheslav Iurkov, Robbert Maseland, Esha Mendiratta, Alan Muller, Kees van Veen, and Miriam Wilhelm. Their research expertise includes (but is not limited to) cultures and institutions, internationalization, comparative corporate governance, international strategic alliances, and corporate social responsibility. The group’s work has appeared in numerous top-tier general management and domain-specific journals in recent years, including AMR, SMJ, JIBS, JoM, JMS, Org. Studies, MIR, IBR, and JWB.
The Department is responsible for key courses in two BA programmes, i.e. the self-standing bachelor programme in International Business, and the International Economics & Business track in the Economics & Business Economics bachelor programme. The Department is directly responsible for two MSc programmes: International Business & Management and International Economics & Business. In addition, the Department participates in the research master programme (a challenging 2-year master programme set up for students intending to pursue a PhD contributing to the PhD training programme of the research school SOM).