Research Professor (Research Pathway Only – Part-time)

Specialism: Accounting, Finance, Banking, Strategic Management, International Business Management, Innovation Management, Entrepreneurship, HRM, Organisational Behaviour, Leadership, Marketing, Consumer Behaviour, Supply Chain Management, Data Analytics and Operational Management, Risk Management, AI and Management or Information Systems

Leading and inspiring world class research

Southampton Business School (SBS) is placed at the centre of the University of Southampton – a top 100 University in the world and a founding member of the Russell Group of elite research UK universities. SBS hosts a vibrant and diverse community of scholars and students. It has grown substantially in breadth and size in recent years, covering all core business and management disciplines via six Departments: Accounting, Banking and Finance, Decision Analytics and Risk, Digital and Data-Driven Marketing, Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour, and Strategy Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Building on its continued success, SBS is now ranked in the top quartile of the research-intensive business schools in the UK (REF2021).

Research within the Southampton Business School (SBS)

SBS academics conduct cutting edge research and publish in world-class journals some of which include the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, British Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, and Organization Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of World Business, Journal of Business Ethics, Harvard Business Review, MIT Sloan Management Review, Human Resource Management Journal,  Human Resource Management, Human Relations, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Tourism Management, Accounting Studies, Journal of Corporate Finance, Management Science, European Journal of Operational Research, Operations Research, Production and Operations Management, Social Science & Medicine.

Research is undertaken through ten interdisciplinary research centres: Advanced Project Management Research Centre, Centre for Empirical Research in Finance and Banking, Centre for Marketing Research, Centre for Research in Accounting, Accountability and Governance, Centre for Risk Research, Centre for Digital Finance, Centre for Healthcare Analytics, Centre for Operational Research, Management Sciences and Information Systems (CORMSIS), Centre for Research on Work and Organisations, Centre for Inclusive and Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

About you

You will play a central role in providing research leadership and establishing  productive research collaborations with colleagues both within the specific discipline of expertise and across other disciplines within SBS. Through this approach to collaborative work, you will be able to lead and support high quality outputs in core research, specifically publications in world class journals, external grant capture, impact cases, engagement with external key stakeholders (i.e., editors/associate editors of world class peer reviewed journals, leading academics in established and emerging new areas of research, leaders of reputable institutions, representatives of the corporate world as appropriate, etc.). Given your established professional experience and reputation, you will be providing mentorship to ECRs and mid-career researchers to support their career development and contribute to raising the visibility and reputation of SBS in the academic world.  Through your strong research vision and leadership skills, you will contribute to strengthening the School’s vibrant research environment. You will be an active member of the scholarly community within SBS and support the school in raising its national and international rankings.

*Please note that upon appointment, the job title will be Professorial Fellow (Research)

Please submit details for 3 referees and include your CV and publication list with your application.

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