UCL School of Management

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Lecturer in Organisations & Innovation

The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship.

The research undertaken at the UCL School of Management has been rated as ‘world-leading’ and ‘internationally excellent’ in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF), placing us 2nd in the UK for Business and Management.

The School is home to over 2,000 students, with more than 55% from outside the UK. The School’s faculty members also come from all over the world, with PhDs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Columbia, UCLA, North-Western, Cornell, Duke, Cambridge, and London Business School among others.

The UCL School of Management takes full advantage of being part of a world-leading university through its interdisciplinary outlook and builds on close collaborations in both research and education with other UCL departments, including computer science, engineering, economics, psychology, public policy, statistics and medical sciences.

Further information about the School can be found here.

About the role

As part of its continuing expansion, University College London (UCL) seeks to appoint Lecturers in the UCL School of Management within Organisations & Innovation.

The post holders will be expected to carry out research in Organisations & Innovation, and produce publications, or other research outputs, at an internationally significant standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour, in line with personal and School objectives agreed in the Staff Review and School planning processes.

The starting date for this post will be 01 September 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Competitive salary (includes Market Supplements on top of basic salary).

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

If you have any queries about the role or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible online format to apply for this job, please contact mgmt-hrsom@ucl.ac.uk.

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About you

The successful candidate will need to evidence the following in their application:

  • A PhD in Organisations & Innovation or a related field
  • Capability to produce publications, or other research outputs, at an internationally significant standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour
  • The capability of successful supervision and mentoring of graduate students and research staff
  • Commitment to academic research and continuing personal development

For further information about the post or to apply, please see here.

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, fairness and inclusion, and a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion here.