Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professorships; x Empirical Management Research

Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professorships (2 x 100%) - Specialisation:
Empirical Management Research

Final date to receive applications: 25 June 2026.

Place of work:
Brig | Start of work: 1 February 2027 or upon agreement.

Uni Distance Suisse offers fully online university degree programmes and is accredited under the Swiss Higher Education Act (HEdA). It combines flexible, location‑independent, part‑time distance learning with an active, interdisciplinary research culture on its campus in Brig. Across five faculties – Law, Psychology, Business & Economics, History, and Mathematics & Computer Science – we have been shaping modern teaching, learning, and research for more than 30 years.

Today, Uni Distance Suisse has over 2,700 students and around 550 staff members.

To further support the growth and development of Uni Distance Suisse, the Faculty of Business & Economics invites applications for the following positions:

The two professorships are in empirical management research, with a particular interest in the opportunities and challenges associated with digital transformation, data‑driven decision‑making, and the increasing use of artificial intelligence in organisations and the wider economy. Relevant research areas include decision research, human resource management, managerial accounting, innovation and digitisation, industrial organisation, information systems, data science for business, and related areas of empirical management research.

Methodologically, the research profiles should be grounded in quantitative empirical approaches, including field or laboratory experiments and/or the analysis of organisational, personnel, or other data sources using modern quantitative methods.

Successful candidates fit well with the faculty’s existing research cluster in applied microeconomics and econometrics and contribute to collaboration and exchange across research groups. Ideal candidates therefore also build on perspectives from microeconomics and address topics of societal relevance related to the existing research cluster.

Place of work: Brig
Start of work: 1 February 2027 or upon agreement

Responsibilities:

Conduct methodologically rigorous and societally relevant empirical management research, guided by open science practices.

Publish regularly in high‑quality scientific journals in the field.

Actively participate in relevant national and international workshops and conferences.

Supervise Bachelor’s, Master’s, and doctoral theses.

Acquire competitive third‑party funding from institutions such as the Swiss National Science Foundation and other Swiss or international funding bodies.

Establish research and teaching cooperations with other universities and with other faculties at Uni Distance Suisse.

Teach in the faculty’s Bachelor programmes (in German, French, and/or English) and/or in the Master’s and Doctoral programmes (in English).

Develop and implement innovative teaching methods, with a particular focus on e‑learning and digital education.

Actively support the further development of the faculty, the faculty’s study programmes, and the range of courses offered by the faculty.

Contribute to and further develop continuing education courses and the faculty’s services targeted at a broader public.

Qualifications:

Doctoral degree and research experience in a relevant field.

Expertise in the application of quantitative empirical research approaches, including field or laboratory experiments and/or the analysis of organisational, personnel, or other data sources using modern quantitative methods.

A promising research agenda in empirical management research, with a specialisation that complements the faculty’s existing research cluster and demonstrates integration into an international research network.

A promising research and publication pipeline, ideally including first publications in high‑quality journals in the field.

Experience in acquiring, or strong potential to acquire, competitive third‑party research funding.

Willingness and ability to develop effective online teaching modules in areas related to the candidate’s specialisation; teaching experience, particularly in blended learning, is an advantage.

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