Assistant Professor – ARH-142/2024
Corvinus University of Budapest has over a 100-year-old history and is one of the leading universities in Hungary in Business and Management, Economics, and Social Sciences. We have around 11,500 students, of which, approximately 2,000 are international.
We are located in a stunning UNESCO Heritage building overlooking the Danube River, in the heart of Budapest.
We have been granted accreditation by EFMD and EAPAA and we are the only Hungarian business university to have two international institutional accreditations by AACSB and AMBA. Additionally, we are members of several international networks such as CEMS, BSIS, PRME, and CFA. We are also proud to have won the title of the most sustainably developing university in UI GreenMetric’s world ranking in 2022.
The Institute of Sustainable Development is looking for candidates for the Assistant Professor position for 3 years definite period.
The starting date is spring semester 2025
Job description and key duties:
Teaching duties:
- At least 6 lessons (1 lesson = 45 minutes) per week on average of two semesters)
Research duties:
- Regularly publishing research papers in the field of regional economics/economic geography in Q1/Q2 journals
- Participating at important international and domestic conferences in regional economics/economic geography
- Activity in obtaining grants and participating in international research projects
Service duties:
- Active participation in the professional public life of the institute and the university, performing service tasks determined by the Head of the Institute
Essential qualifications and experience:
- PhD degree
- higher education teaching/ research experience or research experience gained in research centre
- proven academic publication activity and record
Desirable criteria:
- PhD degree defended outside Hungary
- Feedback (student evaluation, evaluation of direct supervisor) verifying teaching excellence
- International teaching/coordination experience
- Participation in domestic and/or international conferences
- Participation in higher education training programmes
Documents and certificates to be submitted as part of the application:
- Curriculum Vitae including a detailed presentation of teaching, research, and service activities and results
- Cover letter, including the presentation of future academic plans (educational, teaching development, and research plans)
- References written by at least two reputable leading professors or researchers of the discipline
- Doctoral dissertation
- Scanned copies of the documents verifying the university degree, scientific rank (e.g.. PhD degree) and of the documents verifying other professional qualifications. (In case of scientific ranks obtained abroad, the nostrification will be arranged in the next phase of the selection procedure.)
Remuneration and benefits:
- Favourable conditions regarding research facilities, data access
- Time devoted to research, travel support, etc.
- A competitive salary is accompanied by a 15% bonus in case of outstanding performance
- One-time relocation support for candidates moving to Hungary
- Cafeteria allowance
Application procedure:
- Deadline for the submission of the application: 2024. 12. 31.
- Applications have to be submitted by clicking on the APPLY HERE button and by following the instructions at the bottom of the webpage.
- The next step of the selection procedure is that the selected applicants will be interviewed by the Academic Tenure and Promotion Committee. The selected applicants will be informed in a later phase about details and timing.
For further information:
Please, feel free to e-mail us in administrative matters at career@uni-corvinus.hu and in academic matters Prof. Attila Jambor at attila.jambor@uni-corvinus.hu.