Professor in Disaster Management and Resilience (tenured) OR Professor in Sustainability Reporting (tenured)

Job title:

Professor in Disaster Management and Resilience (tenured) OR Professor in Sustainability Reporting (tenured)

Company

Hanken Svenska handelshogskolan

Job description

Hanken School of Economics is one of the leading business schools in the Nordic countries. It is located in Finland, with campuses in Helsinki and Vaasa. Hanken offers a range of B.Sc., M.Sc., EMBA, PhD, and Executive Development programmes taught main…Työn kuvaus:Hanken School of Economics is one of the leading business schools in the Nordic countries. It is located in Finland, with campuses in Helsinki and Vaasa. Hanken offers a range of B.Sc., M.Sc., EMBA, PhD, and Executive Development programmes taught mainly in English and Swedish. Hanken has 2 725 Bachelor and Masters students, and 118 Doctoral researchers. The School has close ties to the business community and an active alumni network with over 13 800 alumni working in more than 70 countries. The School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA, and EQUIS. The mission of Hanken is to create new knowledge and educate responsible professionals for the global economy and changing society. The Masters programme was ranked 57 globally by Financial Times in 2024. Hanken is also recognized for its research quality, its international orientation, and its focus on sustainability.Hanken School of Economics invites applications for a tenured Professorship in disaster management and resilience OR a Professorship in environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) reporting. The successful candidate will receive generous funding to relocate and/or hire members of a research team (post docs and doctoral researchers) and other research costs for a five-year period. The position is based on the Helsinki campus.– Professor in disaster management and resilienceRecent developments in disaster management and humanitarian aid have led to a Humanitarian Reset affecting research as well as practice. This necessitates a different approach to disaster management, rethinking policies and priorities, and redesigning effective and equitable humanitarian aid, optimising the supply chains for their delivery. Relevant research areas for this professorship are emergency management, disaster management, disaster resilience, humanitarian aid, and humanitarian operations, and research questions affected by the humanitarian reset.Hanken is globally recognised for its research in humanitarian logistics and supply chain management, working with aid agencies and humanitarian organisations worldwide. The HUMLOG Institute is the largest of its kind in the world, serving as a global knowledge hub. If the position is filled in the area of disaster management and resilience, the recruited professor and their team will strengthen Hankens research area COMPASS (Comprehensive Security with Partnered Supply and Sustainability).– Professor in sustainability reportingHankens research profile in sustainability reporting brings together researchers across two departments (the Department of Accounting and Commercial Law, and the Department of Finance and Economics) and two competence centres: the Hanken Centre for Accounting, Finance and Governance (Hanken AFG), and the Wallenberg Centre for Financial Research (WCEFIR).Relevant research areas for this professorship are sustainability reporting, and especially ESG reporting, including also aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) considerations in corporate governance. Hanken is not only renowned for sustainability reporting research but also for its access to databases that are relevant for research on ESG reporting.About the position at HankenAcademic staff at Hanken are expected to carry out and supervise scientific research, provide high quality academic teaching, closely follow the advances of their field, and participate in service to Hanken, the academic community, and society. During the academic year, it is expected that a minimum average of three days per week is spent at the office to actively contribute to the research and teaching environment. Hanken expects full-time academic employees to reside and work in Finland.The salary of the professorship is based on the university salary system in Finland (includes employee healthcare as well as pension and holiday contributions). The exact salary level depends on the recruited individuals qualifications and performance.Hanken is an internationally oriented university with extensive experience in welcoming foreign faculty. Diversity, equality, inclusion and cultural acceptance are strategically important values at Hanken. Active integration is helped by continuous tailored language training offered to Hankens international faculty. To ensure a smooth relocation process to Finland and Hanken, incoming faculty members, and their research teams, are offered relocation services. Hankens onboarding and integration activities support the long-term integration of the recruited researchers and their families.The recruited Professor is encouraged to also relocate members of their research team to Helsinki, Finland, or the research team (post docs and/or doctoral researchers) can be hired after arrival in Finland.Please note that the selected candidate must relocate permanently to Finland, preferably by approximately August 1, 2026, or another time during 2026 to be separately agreed upon with Hanken.For further information please contact Vice Rector of Research, Professor Gyöngyi Kovács at gyongyi.kovacs@hanken.fi. Due to the summer holiday season in Finland, we ask for your patience if there is a slight delay in replies.How to applyThe application is to be addressed to the Rector and application materials should include:– Cover letter in which the applicant specifies the level at which the applicant would like to be hired at (Professor or Associate Professor)
– CV, including a list of publications
– A research statement – describing future research plans, collaboration, and publications in the pipeline (maximum 4 pages)
– A teaching portfolio ([proposed content](https://hankenfi.sharepoint.com/:w:/s/public_documents/EaT9O5o1aD9Ehd4xJA6qCTMBU3V_9qH5QEKN5G8qwFPmVA?rtime=N60UPpj93Eg))
– List of potential research team members (post docs, doctoral researchers) who might join the candidate in relocating to HankenCandidates are encouraged to agree on a pre-application meeting with Vice Rector of Research, Professor Gyöngyi Kovács at gyongyi.kovacs@hanken.fi on either July 31st or August 4th, 2025, between 14:00-18:00 Finnish (Eastern European) time.The application deadline is 15 August 2025. Site visits for selected candidates will be organised in September 2025.Professor i katastrofhantering och resiliens (tenure

Expected salary

Location

Suomi

Job date

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 05:32:00 GMT

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