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The UCL School of Management is home to UCL’s business and management research and education programmes. The School has forged a reputation for world-leading research and teaching in the areas of innovation management, the creation and growth of technology-intensive organisations, business analytics, and entrepreneurship. The School is a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools. Our academic staff, comprised of 98 academic and education faculty, comprises five research groups, Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Organisations & Innovation, Operations & Technology, Marketing & Analytics, and Finance, Accounting & Economics.

The Department of Economics at UCL was created in 1827 in memory of David Ricardo, thus establishing the first Department of Economics in England. The Department of Economics has an outstanding international reputation in key areas of current research. It is the only department of economics in the UK to have received the outstanding grade-point average of 3.78 (out of 4) in the 2014 REF with 79% of all indicators of output rated at the highest 4* level.

About the role

University College London (UCL) seeks to appoint a Lecturer in a joint position at the UCL School of Management (in the Finance, Accounting & Economics group) and the Department of Economics (In the Centre for Finance).

The post holders will be expected to carry out research in Financial Economics, and produce publications, or other research outputs, at an internationally significant standard in terms of originality, significance, and rigour, in line with personal and School objectives agreed upon in the Staff Review and School planning processes. The starting date for this post will be 01 August 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter.

Competitive salary (including Market Supplements on top of the basic salary listed above).

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details. Please also read the attached Candidate Guidance document. When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet the essential criteria listed in the job description.

If you have any queries about the role or need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible online format to apply for this job, please contact mgmt-hrsom@ucl.ac.uk.

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About you

The successful candidate will need to evidence the following in their application:

• By the date of appointment, or shortly thereafter, a PhD or equivalent qualification in Finance or Economics
• Research outputs consistent with UCL’s expectations for international research excellence
• Previous experience of teaching, or teaching assistance, in a related field at the undergraduate or postgraduate level
• The ability to make a distinctive contribution to the School/Department’s teaching needs
• Ability to teach students or delegates from a wide range of disciplines and cultural backgrounds

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian, and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. We particularly welcome applications from black and minority ethnic candidates as they are under-represented within UCL at this level. We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible, and job-share basis wherever possible.

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