[AISWorld] Tenure track assistant professor position in information systems at Aalto University

[Rossi Matti]

Aalto University is a new multidisciplinary university in the fields of technology, business, and art and design. It opens up new possibilities for strong multidisciplinary education and research. Aalto University has 20 000 students and a staff of 5 000 including 350 professors.

The Aalto University School of Business is the leading business school in Finland and the only Finnish business school belonging to the select group of triple-accredited business schools. The school aspires to become one of the best business schools in Europe with its research excellence, selection of groundbreaking degree programmes and executive education as well as its societal impact. The School of Business is an innovative and lively community of about 4,000 students and over 500 faculty and staff.

Aalto University School of Business invites applications for
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR in INFORMATION SYSTEMS SCIENCE

The position is located in the Department of Information and Service Economy, which consists of four disciplinary areas: Logistics, Information Systems Science, Quantitative Methods and Management Science. The department offers master's program in Information and Service Management and has a doctoral program in information systems with about 15 doctoral students enrolled. There are currently about 25 faculty members, of which 10 are in the Information Systems group. The Department appreciates an active approach to international research collaboration and business co-operation. Both are supported by our current faculty and Aalto Service Factory (an open collaboration platform for service research and education of the Aalto University). For more information about research activities, please visit http://information.aalto.fi/en/research/issres/ .

Finland is consistently ranked highly in quality-of-life studies. It is the best country in the world according to a Newsweek 2010 study. Helsinki is the 3rd livable city in the world according to a 2013 report by Monocle Magazine and is 8th in the Economist Intelligence Unit livability ranking 2013.

Requirements

The applicants should have a PhD (or be close to completing the degree) in Informations Systems or a closely related field. Candidates must demonstrate promise of excellence in research through international top-level publications (e.g. AIS basket of journals as an example) and the ambition to become an excellent teacher.

The selected candidate is expected to conduct and supervise research in Information Systems, to provide university level teaching, especially in data management, to follow and contribute to the advances in the field internationally, to participate in service to the Aalto University community and to take part in societal interaction.

The applicants will be reviewed on the basis of their research, teaching and academic leadership and activity in the scientific community.

Salary

Aalto University follows the salary system of Finnish universities, but applicants may also provide salary requests.

Additional Information

For additional information, please contact Professor
Matti Rossi, tel. +358 50 3835503. email: matti.rossi at aalto.fi<mailto:matti.rossi at aalto.fi>

How to apply

The applications for the tenure track positions are to be addressed to the President of Aalto and submitted to the eRecruitment system of Aalto University by 17th August, 2014.

Full application procedure and requirements are available at:  http://www.aalto.fi/en/about/careers/jobs/view/195/

Matti Rossi
Professor of Information Systems Science
Aalto University School of Business
Department of Information and Service Economy
P.O. Box 21220 Chydenia (Runeberginkatu 22-24)
FI-00076 AALTO, Finland
email: matti.rossi at aalto.fi
Mobile: +358-50-3835503
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