BI Norwegian Business School invites applications for a position as Professor / Associate professor of Accounting at the Department of Accounting and Operations Management, with a preferred starting date early 2026.
Job description:
Through its academic work, BI has an ambition to make its mark in the international research community while at the same time developing our students’ academic competence and skills. Relevance and impact on practice will be ensured through extensive contact with business and industry. Teaching must be based on the cutting edge of research, show practical relevance for working life and develop both academic competence and skills in the students.
We are seeking a candidate with strong archival and/or analytical research capabilities in accounting or auditing, demonstrated by publications in journals ranked 4* or 4 in the accounting subject area of the ABS list. The candidate must have experience teaching accounting or auditing. Professional experience in the auditing industry is considered an additional asset.
The successful candidate will join and strengthen an active and ambitious research group focusing on financial accounting, auditing, and corporate governance. The candidate will further play a key role in our master’s programmes as well as in our PhD-specialization in accounting.
Expectations and obligations:
Our faculty is expected to provide teaching and supervision of a high academic and pedagogical quality and is expected to continuously develop their teaching skills, e.g. by making use of new technology, new ways of learning and new forms of assessment. We have focus on quality and competence development and pedagogical activities should be continuously documented, supporting the process for further academic career development to all positions.
Faculty in scientific positions is expected to present work at top international conferences and publish papers in top accounting journals or related fields. For all positions with research duties BI have high expectations for research production. Failing to meet the expectations could lead to increased duties in teaching. Faculty will also have teaching and pedagogical development responsibilities. In addition to traditional teaching, the position includes development of courses, learning activities, forms of evaluation, and guidance.
Qualification Requirements:
Scientific and pedagogical criteria
Other assessment criteria
The following qualifications will be also considered in the assessment of the applicants:
According to governmental provisions BI has decided on requirements concerning the educational qualifications of permanently employed academic staff. As a minimum such qualifications shall meet the learning outcome of BI‘s pedagogical basic qualification courses or equivalent at all times. To the position of Lecturer and Associate Professor, and in some rare instances for international professors, this specific competence may be obtained within two years after commencing the position.
What we can offer
The position normally offers membership in BIs collective pension scheme.
Application procedure
Qualifications will be evaluated according to the usual rules for academic positions at universities and specialized university institutions, as well as BI provisions for appointment and promotion.
Candidates interested in this position must submit their application electronically through the “Send application” button, and upload the following documents:
BI Norwegian Business School is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualified applicants may be called in for an interview, trial lecture or seminar presentation. BI Norwegian Business School reserves the right not to appoint applicants who are academically qualified if they are found not to satisfy other explicit requirements with respect to pedagogical skills, teaching experience, work experience in or in cooperation with the business sector or inter-personal skills.
Further information
Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting Professor John Christian Langli, Head of Department, telephone +47 4641 0429, john.c.langli@bi.no.
For more information about the department and the school, visit www.bi.no
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