King’s Business School, King’s College London, seeks to appoint a Professor of Entrepreneurship to join the Department of Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship (SIME).

 

King’s College London is one of the world’s leading universities, combining excellence in research and education with a commitment to addressing the major challenges facing organisations and societies. Located in the heart of London, King’s is uniquely positioned to engage with global businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, and civil society organisations.

 

The Department of Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship advances rigorous and impactful research on questions that matter most to business and society. Our work examines how entrepreneurs create, scale and sustain ventures, and how organisations lead transitions toward more productive, sustainable, responsible, and flourishing ways of operating. Our interdisciplinary community brings together expertise in strategy, international management, entrepreneurship, innovation, sustainability, and responsible business. Faculty publish in the world’s leading journals, secure competitive research grants, and engage actively with partners beyond academia.

 

The department hosts highly successful postgraduate programmes, including the MSc in Strategic Entrepreneurship & Innovation, and the MSc in Medical Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship, delivered in collaboration with the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences. These programmes reflect our commitment to combining rigorous scholarship with engagement in some of the most important technological, organisational, and societal challenges of our time. The department also contributes extensively across the School’s undergraduate portfolio and plays a leading role in research initiatives such as the Centre for Sustainable Business.

 

King’s College London offers a distinctive environment for entrepreneurship scholarship, bringing together strengths in business, healthcare, mental health, engineering, science, and public policy within one of the world’s most internationally connected universities. The SIME Department has strong links to the King’s Entrepreneurship Institute, which delivers entrepreneurial skills, investment, incubator and accelerator support.

We seek an internationally leading scholar whose research advances understanding of entrepreneurial activity and innovation in a changing world.

 

We welcome applications from candidates working across entrepreneurship and related areas, including entrepreneurial ecosystems, venture creation and growth, economics of entrepreneurship, sociology of entrepreneurship, the psychology and micro-foundations of entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship and innovation, social and sustainable entrepreneurship, digital entrepreneurship, and comparative entrepreneurship across international and cultural contexts.

 

The successful candidate will join a vibrant and interdisciplinary community of scholars working across traditional and emerging domains of entrepreneurial activity. We are particularly interested in individuals who are excited by opportunities to engage across disciplinary boundaries and contribute to educational initiatives such as UG entrepreneurship teaching, the MSc in Strategic Entrepreneurship & Innovation and the MSc in Medical Technology Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

 

The successful candidate will work collaborative with SIME colleagues and provide intellectual leadership within entrepreneurship research at King’s Business School and contribute to the continued development of the Department of Strategy, International Management & Entrepreneurship as a globally recognised centre for scholarship. The postholder will be expected to develop and sustain an internationally leading programme of research, contribute to doctoral education, support the development of colleagues across career stages, and strengthen the department’s international visibility through leadership within the academic community.

 

We seek a colleague who is excited by the opportunity to contribute research that is world-leading and relevant to the challenges facing organisations and societies today. The successful candidate will play a leading role in shaping research agendas and intellectual conversations within entrepreneurship scholarship and related communities. We are particularly interested in candidates whose research enhances understanding of how entrepreneurial activity contributes to innovation, sustainability, wellbeing, and broader societal progress.

 

This appointment forms part of the Department’s continued investment in research excellence and international visibility to further strengthen our existing research capabilities in entrepreneurship. We are seeking a scholar who will help co-create and shape the future direction of entrepreneurship research at King’s Business School while contributing to our broader mission of understanding how organisations and entrepreneurs respond to major economic, technological, and societal transformations.

 

This is a full-time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.