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Dear colleagues, 

The House of Innovation (HOI) and the Center for Data Analytics at the Stockholm School of Economics (SSE) currently invite applications for multiple tenure track positions on the Assistant Professor level. We still have some availability for meetings at AoM! 

In particular, we invite applications for a tenure-track position (Assistant Professor level) with a focus on Innovation and Data Analytics. Candidates are expected to have a background in a field such as Technology and Innovation Management, Digital Innovation, Computer/Data Science, Statistics, or Econometrics.  

From a teaching perspective, solid training in data analytics as well as an in-depth understanding of the application of data analytics tools and methods for business applications, including statistical methods, machine learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and similar approaches and methods, is required. A PhD in a related field is required by the time of assuming the position. 

We are a cross-disciplinary research environment, and alsowelcome interested Operations & Supply Chain Management scholars to apply. Stockholm is consistently ranked as a top-ten environment for tech-based entrepreneurship and innovation. HOI has its own incubator and excellent access to the entrepreneurial and innovationecosystem as well as to many world-leading companies operating in and from Stockholm. Our students are highly talented and motivated, and our programs are highly regarded. 

Candidates are expected to have strong qualities in both research and teaching. In research, the successful candidate should exhibit the ability to publish in top-tier, peer-reviewed, international journals, as evidenced by a promising research and publication pipeline, a presence in the international research community, and publications in leading journals (if available). In teaching, experience from designing and delivering courses, as well as from coaching student projects, is considered a merit. Candidates will be expected to interact and collaborate with faculty from other disciplines and to exercise intellectual leadership in their discipline. 

The vacant assistant professorships are all 3+3 year tenure-track positions with research and teaching obligations. Promotion to tenured associate professor is possible with satisfactory teaching and publication performance.  An ideal starting date for successful applicants is August 2024, but we are open to discussing other dates. Salaries are competitive, commensurate with qualifications and experience, and are set on an individual basis. 

About the House of Innovation and the Center for Data Analytics 

The House of Innovation offers an excellent, inter-disciplinary research, education, outreach and new venture environment focused on innovation, digitalization and entrepreneurship(https://www.hhs.se/en/research/research-houses/house-of-innovation/). HOI collaborates with a broad, influential network of academics, corporations, government agencies, and civil society actors, with the aim to contribute to the advancement of Swedish society and of the international community. HOI faculty members regularly publish in top academic journals, they serve on editorial boards, in editorial positions, and in academic leadership positions. They frequently receive substantial grants from leading Swedish and European funding institutions to conduct state-of-the-art research, and serve on national and international policy committees, thus contributing to the shaping of society and of innovation ecosystems.  

The Center for Data Analytics (CDA: https://www.hhs.se/en/research/centers/center-for-data-analytics/) -- as part of House of Innovation -- provides applied, theoretical and simulation-based research in statistics, econometrics and data science with specialization in Business Administration, Economics and Finance. CDA conducts extensive research collaborations with other institutions as well as with industry. CDA has school-wide responsibility for coordinating and developing the analytics area within teaching, delivering high-quality teaching, and serving as a collaborative unit for SSE researchers with analytics skills, interests and activities. 

We will be holding informal interviews at the Academy of Management (AOM) meeting in Boston. We have still some availabilities for meetings: to be considered for an interview slot during the AOM meeting, please submit your expression of interest, including your curriculum vitae and job-market paper, with the subject heading "DA tenure-track position" directly to valentina.tartari@hhs.se.  

A full application is not required at this time. The deadline for full applications is September 14 (TBC).