Postdoctoral Fellowship in Environmental Regulation and Innovation

Fixed term for 3 years.

The School of Business and Management (SBM) seeks to recruit a high-potential early career researcher in environmental regulation and innovation. This post offers an opportunity to participate in a community of sustainability scholars within in a rapidly growing and distinctive management school. The successful applicant will be expected to work closely with Professor Frances Bowen on a research programme on the inter-relationships between corporate strategy, innovation and environmental governance, as well as to continue to develop as an independent researcher.

Postdoctoral Fellowship

The successful candidate will have completed a PhD in a relevant area, or be expecting to complete by September 2016. We are open to applicants with expertise in a core social science discipline (e.g. geography, economics, politics, psychology, sociology…), who may be considering a research and teaching career in a business school. The fellow will be expected to support Professor Frances Bowen’s research in the area of environmental regulation and innovation. The fellow would also develop their own research and publication agenda in any area of corporate strategy and sustainable development, including but not limited to: industry self-regulation, innovation for sustainability, collaboration, corporate environmental communication, sustainable entrepreneurship, corporate political strategy, managing natural resources, measuring and accounting for sustainability performance, business responses to climate change etc.

Postdoctoral fellows are full members of the school’s vibrant research community, and will have access to research support including an annual budget for conference attendance. While teaching is not the focus of this post, postdoctoral fellows may have opportunities to gain some teaching experience over the course of their fellowships. They will also have a small proportion of their time committed to contributing to the school’s overall academic mission through participation in strategic initiatives and task-and-finish groups.

The post is full time, on a fixed three-year contract. Starting salary will be in the range £38,682 to £40,840 inclusive of London Allowance, and will include 30 days annual leave, membership of the USS pension scheme and interest-free travel season ticket loan.

Your application should include a cv plus a brief outline of your research plans and a sample of your writing (journal article or thesis chapter). As part of the selection process you will be asked to present to members of the School on your past research and future trajectory. The post is available any time after 1^st August 2016.

Enquiries can be addressed to:

Professor Frances Bowen, Head of School f.bowen@qmul.ac.uk

Information about the School can be found at http://www.busman.qmul.ac.uk/.  To apply for this position, please complete an application online via www.hr.qmul.ac.uk/vacancies.

The closing date for applications is Monday 18 July 2016.

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