The Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Campus Bergen is hiring an Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer within the field of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at our Campus in Bergen.

The Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship wishes to expand the faculty related to research and teaching in entrepreneurship and strategy at Campus Bergen.

The person hired will be expected to actively contribute to BI's similar programs at the Oslo / Trondheim campuses and will be working closely with Faculty at the Department.

The Department of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at BI Norwegian Business School focuses on the academic fields of strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The department has an ambition to increase academic and practical relevance through high quality research and active collaboration with business and the public sector. Key research topics at the department include business models, technological innovation and digitalisation, international business and organization, entrepreneurship, alliances, networks, acquisitions, health innovations, knowledge-based strategy, strategy processes and clusters / framework conditions, etc.

To the position as Associate Professor applicants must have a relevant PhD or equivalent. Candidates for the Associate Professor position must have a documented ability to publish high-quality research in leading journals in the field of entrepreneurship and/or strategy.

For the Senior Lecturer position candidates must have a documented ability to publish pedagogical works, including cases aimed at entrepreneurship and/or strategy teaching, as well as good pedagogical skills in the delivery of teaching both digitally and in the classroom / auditorium. Also, for pedagogical positions, research competence, for example a doctoral degree, will be assessed positively. BI may also consider appointing candidates to a Lecturer position with qualification requirements, if the assessment of relevant candidates indicates this.

Applicants should be prepared to undertake teaching assignments across a wide range of study programs and the position will be central in the management and development of BI's Bachelor in Entrepreneurship. The teaching takes place largely in Norwegian and applicants mastering a Scandinavian language will have an advantage. Documented experience with interactive and process- oriented teaching methods, teaching of large classes, knowledge of and interest in modern pedagogical approaches, as well as the development of study programs, are given weight.

BI may also consider appointing candidates to a Lecturer position, with qualification requirements to senior lecturer position, if the assessment of relevant candidates indicates this.

It is expected that the person appointed has the ability and willingness to actively contribute to the department's academic community. Motivated candidates can count on exciting challenges in a complex, dynamic and stimulating professional environment. BI will prioritize applicants who have collaborated with the private business sector and / or the public sector, including collaboration related to R&D, research dissemination and consultancy.