Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide and not less than £71,476pa inclusive, and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website
In addition, this post will attract a significant market salary supplement which reflects current market conditions.
The Department of Management seeks to hire an outstanding Assistant Professor belonging to a newly established Governance, Environment, and Technology academic group within the Department. The Department aims to make this group a world-leading centre of teaching and research in political economy, with applications to the most pressing political, economic and management challenges of the 21st century. You will contribute to the intellectual life of the group and School by publishing outstanding research, engaging in high-quality teaching, and participating in group, School and Department activities.
The Department of Management plays a central role in the LSE. Its faculty and research strength is centred in managerial economics and strategy, employment relations and human resource management, organisational behaviour, information systems and innovation, marketing, and operations management. Faculty members engage in research and scholarly activity across LSE, through research centres such as the Centre for Economic Performance, the Behavioural Lab for Research and Teaching, and interdisciplinary Institutes. Its degree portfolio includes the BSc Management, a Master’s in Management, a number of specialist Master’s programmes, including the MSc in Management and Strategy, and a PhD in Economics and Management.
Successful applicants will have or be close to obtaining a PhD, in economics, a related social science discipline, or a relevant interdisciplinary field, by the post start date. Candidates should possess expertise and research interests in political economy and the substantive areas of governance, environment, or technology and demonstrate a clear, well-developed, and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. Candidates should also be able to demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills and have the ability to teach on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Management.
The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.
In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research incentive scheme with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
To apply for this post, please go to
https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/3551/0/476493/15539/assistant-professor-in-management. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email dom.facultyaffairs@lse.ac.uk
You must provide the names of three references whom you provide consent for us to approach upon application.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 27 November 2026 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.
To apply, visit https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/3551/0/476493/15539/assistant-professor-in-management. (See posting for details.)