Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Science, Business & Innovation

We are looking for a candidate who is able and motivated to work at the intersection of natural science and social science, with the aim to teach, research and valorize natural science-induced and technology-driven innovation in a business- and market-based context. The position is one of the pivotal positions in the Science, Business & Innovation (SBI) division, which focuses on the R&D-to-market chains of inventions and breakthroughs in sustainable energy & sustainability and in life & health sciences. Important topics that are integrated by the division are: sustainable energy, sustainability, life & health, entrepreneurship, innovation, business, and markets.

Gender balance and diversity are important to us: Female candidates and/or minorities are particularly encouraged to apply. In the case of equal suitability of candidates, preference will be given to female candidates/minorities.

Your duties

• Coordinate and teach attractive and state-of-the-art courses and projects in the area of natural science-induced and technology-driven innovation in a business- and market-context
• Conduct creative and frontrunning research in the field of natural science-induced and technology-driven innovation in a business- and market-context.
• Develop and maintain a sparkling network of contacts in academia, governments and business and use this network for mutual valorization purposes
• Communicate and collaborate with various stakeholders in the R&D-to-market chain for research, education and valorization
• Acquire external funding for research and supervise PhD students.
• Participate in management tasks in the division