Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor of Finance

The UCD College of Business is a dynamic, research-intensive, business school located in the vibrant European capital of Dublin. It is comprised of the Lochlann Quinn School of Business (‘the Quinn School’), the Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School (‘the Smurfit School’), UCD College of Business – Global Campus, and Smurfit Executive Development (‘Executive Development’). The Quinn School is located on the main campus at Belfield while the Smurfit School and Executive Development are located on the Blackrock campus about five kilometres away. The College also has a significant overseas presence in Singapore.

With a history reaching back over a century, the College has educated business leaders who have impacted greatly on the economic development of Ireland and beyond. The College has over 90,000 alumni globally. Consistently ranked amongst the world’s leading business schools, the College of Business is currently ranked 21st in the Financial Times European Business Schools rankings. It is the only Irish member of the Global Alliance in Management Education (CEMS) and the Global Network for Advanced Management (GNAM). The College also holds the triple crown of accreditation from AACSB (US), EQUIS (Europe) and AMBA (UK).

The UCD College of Business strategy (https://www.smurfitschool.ie/aboutus/ourstrategy/) ‘Creating a Better Future Together’, draws strongly on our commitment to ‘empower, connect and create’, and is underpinned by our desire to make a difference, to create future opportunity for our students and other stakeholders, and through excellence in our research and educational activities, to have a meaningful, sustainable, positive, impact on business and society. Our strategy is also underpinned by a commitment to creativity, integrity, community, inclusiveness, and respect for diversity.

University College Dublin has recently completed a comprehensive strategic planning process which sets out an exciting and ambitious agenda for the University and within that the College of Business. This strategy ‘Breaking Boundaries’ https://www.ucd.ie/strategy/ sets out a number of priority themes for the University including, ‘AI and digital technologies’, ‘Sustainability’ and ‘One Health’. In support of the University’s ambitions, the College of Business is now looking to recruit multiple, energetic, team-spirited faculty colleagues at Assistant Professor level. As part of this recruitment we are seeking candidates with interests in the area of Financial Data Science/Fintech, Sustainable Finance.

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above the Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €62,855 - €99,533 Per Annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 21st February 2025. 

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

Please note: the eRecruitment system only requests the names of two referees. The full list of 3 referees should be included in the text of your application.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link; https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic%20Contract.pdf