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emlyon business school Campus France

A full-time position in Ethnography and social sciences at Assistant / Associate professor Level

2025-03-05 (Europe/Paris)
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Présentation de l'établissement :

Founded in 1872 by the Lyon Chamber of Commerce, emlyon business school has an enrollment of over 9,260 students of 130 nationalities across four campuses worldwide (Lyon, Shanghai, Paris, and Mumbai). The School relies on a Faculty of 170 internationally recognized professors and researchers, and a network of 222 global academic partners, to provide learning tracks of academic excellence open to the world. The school runs a community of 45,000 alumni spread over 130 countries.
As a benefit corporation (société à mission) emlyon aims to “train and support informed leaders, throughout their lives, who are able to transform organizations efficiently for a fairer society and with greater solidarity and respect for the planet”.
The School’s pedagogy closely links action and reflection. Skill hybridization and social responsibility are also at the heart of its training programs, where the best of both socioeconomic and academic worlds meet. The strategic plan, “Resonances 2028”, reaffirms the importance of the “maker spirit” that has been the DNA of emlyon since its creation. The plan is built around the five qualities expected of “makers”, emlyon students and alumni, to become entrepreneurs of change, namely: academic excellence; entrepreneurial spirit; engagement; hybrid knowledge; resonance with society.
emlyon business school is ranked among the top 100 best universities and business schools in the world in the latest Shanghai ranking. In the Management category, the school reaches the top 2 of the best French business schools in the Management category, and the top 3 in the Business Administration category.

Description du poste :

emlyon business school invites applications for a research focused position in Ethnography and Social Sciences. Applications are invited from highly motivated candidates who demonstrate research excellence in Sociology, Anthropology of work and organizational contexts, with a focus on technology, particularly, but not limited to the study of AI technologies. The appointment begins in September 2025.
The selected candidate will be attached and collaborate with our existing team of professors and researchers in the Department of Law, Management & Social Sciences and in the OCE Research Centre (https://oce.em-lyon.com/) to grow and extend our research and teaching in Ethnography and Social Sciences, developed in the emlyon Ethnography Institute (https://oce.em-lyon.com/ethnographic-institute/)
Teaching opportunities will be mostly at the undergraduate level (BBA), graduate level (Programme Grande Ecole) and the master’s level. Responsibilities for this position include capabilities to design and manage courses in the areas of Ethnography, Sociology/Anthropology of technology, (AI) technologies in the practice of Work and Occupations. Teaching will be delivered mainly at our new campus in Lyon but can also be delivered on the school’s other campuses.

Profil recherché / Compétences requises

We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:

  • Ph.D. / doctorate degree in Sociology, Anthropology, or Management with a strong social sciences focus.
  • Desire to collaborate in a collegial and dynamic research and teaching team.
  • Evidence of research excellence in the fields of Social Sciences with demonstrated potential and ability to regularly publish in the highest ranked journals of the field (e.g., FT list)
  • A specific ethnographic orientation in research methods and perspectives
  • An interest in developing collective research projects and raising funds for research
  • Desire and ability to support junior level researchers and/or supervise doctoral students
  • Proven capacity to take on courses’ pedagogical responsibilities, including the ability to manage a portfolio of external lecturers.
  • Energy, dynamism, and demonstrated personal/professional ethical values

The candidate will be expected to contribute to and will be regularly evaluated based on three areas of activities: (1) research performance, (2) teaching and student supervision, and (3) institutional service (e.g., administration, service in committees, representation of the school in the media and events).
We strongly encourage people of all backgrounds (gender, ethnic background, nationality) to apply.
Fluency in English is required. Fluency in French is recommended.
The selected candidate is expected to be based in Lyon or nearby area. emlyon has set-up a relocation policy to support the moving process.
Salary and conditions are competitive and will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Documents à transmettre

THE APPLICATION SHOULD CONSIST OF:

  • A cover letter including the motivation to join the OCE research center and emlyon business school
  • An up-to-date curriculum vitae
  • A research statement
  • A teaching statement (with teaching evaluations, where available)
  • A list of papers under review or in progress
  • Two references/names with contact information
  • Possible questions about the position can be addressed to Professor David Courpasson, chair of the recruitment committee at emlyon business school: courpasson@em-lyon.com

All application materials should be submitted in English via this website page. The application materials will not be returned.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 5 March 2025
emlyon reserves the right to consider applications submitted after the deadline.

Job details

Title
A full-time position in Ethnography and social sciences at Assistant / Associate professor Level
Location
114 Avenue Jean Jaurès Lyon, France
Published
2025-01-16
Application deadline
2025-03-05 23:59 (Europe/Paris)
2025-03-05 23:59 (CET)
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emlyon business school, one of the leading French Grandes Ecoles in Management, has consistently been ranked among the top European Business Schools.

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