Loughborough Business School

Loughborough Business School is internationally-leading in research and teaching covering the disciplines of business, management, finance, accounting and economics.

Join us and change the world – for good.

Our purpose is to raise the game of business by challenging practice and performance.

We turn theory into game-changing business practice by bringing together deep partnerships with purposeful organisations, career-accelerating training and teaching, and world-leading research.

Our vision is to be the first-choice business school for purpose-led people and organisations. Inspiring and delivering a new approach to meeting organisations’ needs, challenging business practice and raising performance.

If this is what you’d like to do with your career, what are you waiting for?

Bring your passion and expertise and join us to challenge, nurture and inspire the next generation of leaders who will raise the game of purpose-led organisations. And #ProgressWithPurpose

Our culture

We’re fostering an inspiring, challenging and nurturing culture where everyone in our community has the space to grow.

By successfully fusing theory and practice into our learning experience, initiating world-leading research and forging deep partnerships with future-thinking organisations. An enviable range of accreditations recognise these accomplishments. But we’re not stopping there.

We’re committed to supercharging the careers of our students and academics in purpose-driven organisations. We do it by delivering a high-quality education experience that combines and undertake research that is tailored to the demands of today’s business environment.

We have already achieved:

  • Triple-accreditation (AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA) across our School
  • Consistently ranked in the top 10 UK business schools
  • 86% of our business and management research is rated as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (REF 2021)
  • The Small Business Charter Accreditation
  • Signatory to the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME)
  • A vibrant international community
  • Internationally leading research and teaching in business, management, finance, accounting and economics
  • An excellent environment for progressing academic careers
  • An enviable reputation for our supportive culture

We want to go further. Are you part of the journey?

We’re recruiting candidates at Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer level to join the Business School in the following areas:

Accounting and Finance

Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Accounting

The Accounting and Finance group has a strong international reputation for its research in Corporate Governance and Accountability, Corporate Social Responsibility, Management Accounting, Corporate Finance and Asset Pricing.

Colleagues in the group publish in the leading Accounting, Management and Finance journals as well as engaging with practitioners around policy and impact.  The group teaches across all aspects of the Accounting and Finance discipline and is home to a number of popular undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

We are interested in candidates with the ability to contribute to financial reporting and/or management accounting teaching modules. Ideally, candidates should possess research interests that complements existing strengths in the group, particularly around corporate governance and accountability; corporate social responsibility and accounting for sustainability.

Candidates for the Senior Lecturer roles are expected to possess some leadership experience.

We anticipate that interviews will take place between 29th November – mid-December 2023.  Where possible we would like to hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

Economics

Professor and Lecturer in Economics

The Economics group undertakes rigorous and highly relevant research as well as providing high-quality undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in economics. The Group’s research output is focused on academic publications in world-leading scholarly journals which generate significant impact on public policy in all areas of Economics.

Our teaching programmes are popular and very highly regarded, being consistently ranked amongst the best in the UK and having experienced a substantial growth in high-quality applications and admissions in recent years.

For the Professorial position, we are particularly interested in research and teaching expertise in Applied Econometrics.

For the Lecturer position, we welcome applications in all areas that are aligned with the group’s research interests.

We anticipate that interviews will take place on 28 November for first stage Professorial (second stage on 19 December). For Lecturer post this will take place, 12th December 2023. Where possible we would like to hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

International Business, Strategy and Innovation

Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in International Business, Strategy and Innovation

The International Business, Strategy and Innovation (IBSI) group is committed to advancing world-class management scholarship and developing ideas that will help managers navigate the challenges of globalisation and the digital economy.

Key research specialisms within the IBSI group include Entrepreneurship, Strategy and Performance, Internationalisation Strategy, Corporate Governance, Social Innovations and Entrepreneurship, Open and Digital Innovations and Development, and Culture-strategy Nexus in Global Organisations. The IBSI Group publishes its research in high-quality academic journals, and appointees must be able to demonstrate that they are undertaking high-quality research. 

We welcome applications from those within any of IBSI's research specialisms. Applicants must have a strong record of effective teaching and be able and willing to deliver teaching in line with the evolving requirements of the IBSI group. 

Applicants for the Senior Lecturer role must also demonstrate some evidence of academic leadership.

We anticipate that interviews will take place between 29 November – mid-December 2023.  Where possible we would like to hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

Information Management

Lecturer in Information Management

The Information Management group  brings together academics to conduct research and contribute to practice across diverse issues in the development of information systems, the digital economy, and the implications for firms and society.

Members of the group successfully develop distinctive topics such as Digital Decarbonisation, InsurTech innovation, platform research, the utilization of advanced ontology for detection of behaviour through social media, digitalization and Criminal Justice, applications of Artificial Intelligence, public policy, and digitalization and Social Justice. The group has a diverse teaching portfolio across undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including MBA, and a very strong community of doctoral researchers.

We are looking for candidates at Lecturer level with an interest in contemporary topics related to Information Management. These interests might have a technical focus through programming (e.g. Python, R) or architectures, or alternatively they might be focused on empirical and critical questions of technology development, use, management and impacts. We are looking for candidates with strong research potential and a high capability for teaching. 

We anticipate that interviews will take place between 29 November – mid-December 2023. Where possible we would like to hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment. 

Management Science and Operations

Professor, Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Management Science and Operations

The Management Science and Operations group has a very strong international reputation for its theoretical and applied work in management science, operational research, operations management and logistics. The group comprises members with research and teaching expertise in optimisation, decision and efficiency analysis, business analytics, simulation, business statistics, forecasting, operations and supply chain management.

We welcome applications at Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer level with research and teaching interests that enhance and complement the varied specialisms currently in the group. 

We anticipate that interviews will take place on 7 December for first stage Professorial (second stage on 19 December). For Senior Lecturer and Lecturer interviews will take place between 29 November – mid-December 2023. Where possible we will hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

Marketing

Senior Lecturer or Lecturer in Marketing

The Marketing Academic Group includes a team of research-oriented individuals with expertise in a number of areas within marketing. The group publishes high-quality internationally recognised research and is actively involved in research supervision.
 
We are looking to make appointments at Senior Lecturer or Lecturer Level. We welcome applications from candidates who engage in high quality research, have a strong record of effective teaching, and who are willing to deliver teaching in line with the evolving needs of the marketing and retailing group. We are particularly interested in candidates that have experience in teaching subjects such as, digital marketing, branding, marketing research, international marketing and consumer behaviour.
 
We anticipate that interviews will take place between 29 November - mid-December 2023. Where possible we will hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

Work and Organisation

Lecturer in Work and Organisation

The Work and Organisation academic group brings together academics from different disciplines to conduct research and contribute to practice across diverse issues in the management of people and organisations. Members of the group carry out distinctive work across many contemporary topics of importance to work, employment, organisations and society.

These include: organisational and work psychology, leadership, workplace equalities, career management, work-related health and well-being, the sociology of work, technology, and organisations, and issues in international labour and employment. The group also leads British Psychological Society (BPS)-accredited programmes in Work Psychology and a CIPD accredited MSc in Human Resource Management.

We are looking for candidates at Lecturer level from Organisational Behaviour and/or Human Resource Management.  We are looking for candidates with a strong research trajectory, ideally with at least one peer-reviewed publication, as well as the capacity to teach to a high standard, preferably in the area of Work Psychology, Organisational Behaviour and/or Human Resource Management.

We anticipate that interviews will take place between 29 November – mid-December 2023. Where possible we would like to hold in-person interviews to ensure candidates have the opportunity to view the Loughborough campus and their potential working environment.

Apply now

Apply now for Professor, Senior Lecturer and Lecturer roles in the Loughborough Business School. The closing date for applications is Monday 30 October 2023.

Professor Senior Lecturer Lecturer

The University is dedicated to supporting an equitable, diverse, and inclusive environment – to create better futures, together. The diverse backgrounds, characteristics and opinions within our community are our great strength and are key to our pursuit of delivering educational excellence, enterprise, research and professional services. We welcome applications from people from diverse backgrounds and minoritized groups as they are currently under-represented within our community.

We recognise the value of a fulfilling and balanced work and personal life which promotes wellbeing. We seek to support colleagues in achieving this balance and have family-friendly policies, flexible working arrangements and many roles can be suitable for dynamic working arrangement. This includes considering applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

Informal enquiries

For informal enquiries in relation to the research areas or the School, please contact:

Accounting and Finance

Professor Frank Hong Liu Head of Accounting and Finance

Economics

Professor M. Ali Choudhary Head of Economics

International Business, Strategy and Innovation

Professor Nick Hajli Head of International Business, Strategy and Innovation  

Information Management

Professor Peter Kawalek Head of Information Management

Management Science and Operations

Professor Victor Podinovski Head of Management Science and Operations

Marketing

Professor Nina Michaelidou Head of the Marketing Group

Work and Organisation

Professor Eva Selenko Head of Work and Organisation

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