Assistant Professor

Corvinus University of Budapest has over a 100-year-old history and is one of the leading universities in Hungary in Business and Management, Economics, and Social Sciences.

We have around 11,500 students, of which, approximately 2,000 are international.

We are located in a stunning UNESCO Heritage building overlooking the Danube River, in the heart of Budapest.

We have been granted accreditation by EFMD and EAPAA and we are the only Hungarian business university to have two international institutional accreditations by AACSB and AMBA. Additionally, we are members of several international networks such as CEMS, BSIS, PRME, and CFA.

We are proud to have won the most sustainably developing university title in UI GreenMetric’s world ranking in 2022.

The Institute of Social and Political Sciences is looking for an Assistant Professor position for 3 years definite period.

The starting date is autumn semester 2025.

Key duties:

• Teaching duties:
  • Teaching students in the Philosophy, Politics and Economics undergraduate programmes and in the Political Economy graduate programmes
• Research duties:
  • Cutting-edge research on one of the following fields: comparative political economy with a strong profile in economic and political transitions, democratisation and autocratisation; economic and political cycles and crises; 20th-century European history, with an emphasis on Eastern-Central Europe, theories of state and constitutions, territorial politics, national and sub-national politics, politics and governance
• Service duties:
  • Fostering the research culture of the institute by mentoring colleagues and extending the international network of the institute

Essential criteria:

• Doctorate;
• At least 3 years of teaching and research experience gained in higher education, or at least 3 years of professional experience

• Knowledge, experience, and foreign language skills in the discipline of the courses

• Research achievement, regular domestic and international publications
• The candidate must meet the job requirements set out in the Corvinus Academic Career Model.

Desirable criteria:

• Feedback (student evaluation, evaluation of direct supervisor) verifying teaching excellence
• International teaching experience
• Experience gained in international research projects including ongoing research, publications under review, project proposal in progress
• Experience in organisation of research projects
• Participation in domestic and international conferences
• Considerable publication results
• PhD obtained at a university with remarkable international ranking (ARWU)

Remuneration and benefits:

• Favourable conditions regarding research facilities, data access
• Time devoted to research, travel support, etc.
• A competitive salary is accompanied by a 15% bonus in case of outstanding performance
• One-time relocation support for international candidates
• Cafeteria allowance

Application procedure:

The deadline for the submission of the application is on 31 January 2025.

To view the list of the required documents and to apply click here.

For further information:

Please, feel free to e-mail us in administrative matters at career@uni-corvinus.hu and in academic matters Prof. Dr. Zoltán Balázs at zoltan.balazs@uni-corvinus.hu.

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