The Strategy & Entrepreneurship Group at the UCL School of Management is seeking applications for multiple faculty positions at the Assistant and Associate level in strategy and entrepreneurship. We are broadly interested in research related to strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship. The anticipated starting date for these positions is 1 September 2027.
University College London (UCL) is one of the world’s top universities. At its establishment in 1826, UCL was radical and responsive to the needs of society, and this ethos – that excellence should go hand-in-hand with enriching society – continues today. UCL’s excellence extends across all academic disciplines; from one of Europe’s largest and most productive hubs for biomedical science interacting with several leading London hospitals, to world-renowned centres for architecture and fine art. With an annual turnover exceeding £1.5 billion, it is a major research and education hub in London and globally.
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world’s top universities. Its staff and former students have included over 34 Nobel prize winners. It is a truly international community: More than one-third of our student body come from 150 countries and nearly one-third of staff are from outside the UK. UCL offers more than 200 undergraduate programmes and more than 400 taught postgraduate programmes.
The UCL School of Management consists of five research groups: Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Organisations & Innovation, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Analytics, and Finance, Accounting & Economics. Faculty in the Strategy & Entrepreneurship group share an interest in how organizations, markets, and industries are being reshaped by technological and cultural forces. Research topics include artificial intelligence, big data analytics, machine learning, information environment, platform ecosystems, new organizational forms, decentralized organizations, learning, innovation, interorganizational relationships, corporate strategy, entrepreneurial strategy, reputation and identity, entrepreneurship for development, and social innovation. Our School ranks among the world’s Top 10 institutions for publications in the leading management journals (UT Dallas Business School Research Ranking, 2023-2026). For a publications overview, see: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=B0C-6igAAAAJ
See mgmt.ucl.ac.uk for more information about the School and our research group.
The UCL School of Management encourages diversity and a positive culture among all faculty, staff, and students. UCL is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Qualifications
Candidates should have a strong research record and demonstrated research potential in the area of strategy and entrepreneurship, and produce publications at an internationally significant standard in terms of originality, significance and rigour, in line with personal and departmental objectives agreed in the Staff Review and School/Department planning processes. Candidates will be expected to teach in the School’s BSc or MSc programmes. Among others, our school is expanding with new programmes, which will provide opportunities for relevant research to be leveraged in the classroom. While we invite applications from all areas of strategy, we particularly encourage applications by those interested in teaching subjects related to innovation and entrepreneurship. As a research-focused group, tenure-track positions involve teaching only two courses per year (with a potential 50% teaching reduction in year one), with generous research support.
Application Instructions
If you are interested in exploring this opportunity, we will meet with promising candidates at the AOM meeting in Philadelphia in July-August 2026. Please upload your CV by July 15 to be considered for a meeting at https://apply.interfolio.com/188669
Online submission of applications will open at the beginning of August. The application deadline is August 27, 2026.
For administrative questions related to this posting, please contact our HR team via email (mgmt-hrsom@ucl.ac.uk).
For questions directly related to the position, contact the Faculty Search Committee via Dr. Vivianna Fang He (vivianna.he@ucl.ac.uk), Dr. Tom Kwon (tom.kwon@ucl.ac.uk), or Dr. Bart Vanneste (b.vanneste@ucl.ac.uk).