The Centre for Integrative Innovation Management at the Department of Business & Management, University of Southern Denmark invites applications for one or more position(s) as Associate Professor in Innovation Management. The position(s) is/are located in Odense. The successful candidate is expected to assume this position latest September 1st, 2026 or as per negotiation.
Job description
The Centre for Integrative Innovation Management is a cross-disciplinary research group where we focus on understanding the development of innovative capabilities, managing innovation, and the emergence of technologies for firm performance and ecosystem development. We adopt a cross-disciplinary approach because understanding and promotion of innovation from the initial idea to the fully commercialized or implemented innovation requires the combination of management, marketing, and technology. For more information on the Centre please visit the Centre website.
The candidate is expected to conduct research related to one or more of the following strategic priorities of the Centre pertaining to Innovation Management:
- Creativity, knowledge creation as part of digital innovation and transformation. This program focuses on management of technology and value-creating digital transformation as well as the relationships between digital technologies, creativity, and knowledge creation.
- Emerging Technologies, Business Models and Innovation Ecosystems – this program focuses on emerging technologies and their path to commercialization. Ultimately, emerging technologies may target markets that are yet to be created. We have research specialized on drone technology, Artificial intelligence, and “green” technologies. We are also interested in research that brings technology management into the context of emerging eco-systems.
- Innovative and technological change. This research area focuses on innovation induced changes processes within organizations and higher levels of aggregation. Key questions relate to the emergence, diffusion, and disappearance of innovations and technologies within and beyond organizations. A central aim is to understand such change processes, how to govern them, and to formulate strategies for management to enable and react to them.
Deadline for application is: February 16, 2026, 23:59 CET/CEST.
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