Theory Announcements: [DMANET] Full-time postdoctoral position (2-year grant) at HEC Liège, Belgium

Friday, March 2, 2018

[DMANET] Full-time postdoctoral position (2-year grant) at HEC Liège, Belgium

HEC Liège is offering a full-time postdoctoral position (2-year grant) in
one of its seven strategic research fields.

Job description:

· Working in the "HEC Research Unit" which investigates fundamental
scientific questions in one of seven strategic fields: Asset and Risk
Management, Changing Workplace and Strategic HRM, Economic Analysis and
Policy, Marketing, Social Enterprise and Business Ethics, Supply Chain
Management and Business Analytics, Sustainable Performance: Tax, Audit and
Accounting
(http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/hec-liege/strategic-research-fields).

· Involved in the scientific life of the research unit.

· Representing HEC Liège in the international scientific community,
for instance through the organization of scientific events.

Your profile:

· You hold a PhD in management, economics, finance, operations, or a
related field;

· You have a structured research project in one of the strategic
fields of HEC Research;

· You have contacted and received the support of a professor of HEC
Research for your project. A research project can involve more than one
field but should then be supported by two internal promotors ;

· You speak English or French. (Knowledge of French is an asset, but
is not mandatory.)

Contract:

The starting date of the contract is October 1, 2018, but another date
between July 1, 2018 and January 1, 2019 could be accepted under special
circumstances. The postdoctoral researcher will be hired on a research grant
and therefore should comply with the following requirements:

· to have obtained the PhD degree less than 10 years before the
starting date of the contract;

· to be in a situation of international mobility (that is, not having
stayed more than 24 months in Belgium - for work or studies, etc. - over the
last 3 years).

The postdoctoral researcher will also benefit from an operating budget of
5.000 euros.

Application package:

(1) A research project of maximum 10,000 characters (spaces included)
containing the following sections: A. Research question B. State of the art
C. Research methodology D. Calendar and research outputs;  

(2) A detailed CV ;

(3) A list of publications and working papers ;

(4) A motivation letter ;

(5) A recommendation letter of one international expert of the field ;

(6) A scanned copy of your PhD degree or another official certificate;

(7) A letter of support of one internal promotor (see the list of potential
promotors in the Appendix of this call).

Candidates should send their application to Muriel Vervier (Head of Research
Support) at muriel.vervier@uliege.be before 15 March 2018. Decisions will be
communicated by mid of May 2018. Further information can be obtained at the
same address.

About HEC Management School - University of Liège (HEC Liège):

HEC Liège is the management school of the University of Liège. It is one of
the leading Belgian university business schools for graduate and
postgraduate programs with more than 115 full-time faculty members and
researchers and more than 2600 students. The school's mission is to train
creative managers who will be responsible for building the future of
businesses and organizations in a cross-cultural world. HEC Liège is a
dynamic institution that heavily promotes an active pedagogy leading
students to actively contribute to their education. The international vision
of HEC Liège translates into multiple research activities in management and
economics, numerous partnerships with worldwide companies and universities,
and growing internationalization of its programs and faculty. HEC Liège is
EQUIS accredited. Its English-speaking Masters' programs in Management and
in Business Engineering are EPAS-accredited. Its PhD program was first
worldwide to receive an EPAS quality label. HEC Liège is also member of the
'Conférence des Grandes Ecoles' based in France.

HEC Liège is located in Liège, Belgium's third largest city, and the largest
agglomeration of the French-speaking Walloon region. At the heart of Europe,
Liège hosts the third inland port and the seventh freight airport in Europe.
Recognized for its quality of life and its rich historical patrimony, Liège
is ideally situated within the Meuse-Rhine Euregio, 40 kilometers from
Maastricht (the Netherlands) and 60 kilometers from Aachen (Germany). It is
less than 1.5 hours away from Cologne, 2.5 hours from Paris and 4 hours from
London by high-speed train starting from the magnificent train station
designed by the renowned architect Santiago Calatrava.

For more on HEC Liège work environment, see
<http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/hec-liege/about-us/mission-vision-values>
http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/hec-liege/about-us/mission-vision-values and
<http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/hec-liege/hec-spirit>
http://www.hec.ulg.ac.be/en/hec-liege/hec-spirit.

List of potential promotors:

Hübner

Georges

Asset and Risk Management

Lambert

Marie

Asset and Risk Management

Cornet

Annie