Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor in Business Analytics (tenure track) / Biträdande professor (nivå 1), biträdande professor (nivå 2) eller professor inom affärsanalytik (tenure track)

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Hanken School of Economics invites applications for a tenure-track position in Business Analytics at the level of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Full Professor

starting on 1 January 2027, or as otherwise agreed, by 1 September 2027 at the latest. The position is based in Helsinki within the subject of Statistics, which is part of the Department of Finance and Economics.

The position is part of Hankens tenure-track system and is open to researchers with the potential for an outstanding academic career. If the position is filled at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to advance through evaluations that consider merits across all relevant areas in accordance with Hankens tenure track guidelines.

Hanken School of Economics is a research-oriented business school offering education in Swedish and English. The Statistics unit, which collaborates closely with Finance and Information Systems, conducts high-quality research on financial time series. The subject seeks to strengthen its teaching and research in the application of machine learning and business analytics. The subject offers education at the Bachelors, Masters, and doctoral levels.

The Department provides a strong research environment, reflected in the growing scope and breadth of its research activities. We value high-quality research with relevance to business and economics, as demonstrated by publications in highly ranked academic journals.

✅Requirements

The applicants will be reviewed based on their research, teaching, institutional service, and societal impact. Applicants for the current position are required to have a fluent command of both English and Swedish. Teaching in Swedish is expected as part of the position's responsibilities.

Applicants on the assistant professor level should hold a doctoral degree (or be near completion of their doctorate) with a quantitative research orientation (e.g., business analytics, data science, machine learning, management science, statistics, econometrics, quantitative economics, or applied mathematics). When evaluating the applicants qualifications, the main focus will be on the potential to conduct high-quality scientific research in key areas relevant to the position, including Business Analytics and the potential to provide high-quality teaching.

In addition to the requirements for an assistant professor, applicants for the associate professor level are expected to have demonstrated internationally high levels of research within the scientific field of the position, high levels in teaching and contributed through institutional service and societal impact.

Applicants for full professor must demonstrate that she or he is an internationally recognised researcher with continued internationally high levels of research within the scientific field of the position. A professor is also expected to demonstrate continued high levels in teaching, institutional service and societal impact. In addition, academic leadership, experience of PhD supervision, experience and success in applying competitive research funding, international research cooperation, academic expert assignments, and experience of service within an academic department, faculty and / or university are expected.

Academic 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.

The full-time position has an annual working time of 1612 hours. During the academic year, it is expected that a minimum average of three days per week is spent at the office in Helsinki to actively contribute to the research and teaching environment. Teaching tasks are allocated based on the curriculum needs of the subject and by considering relevant own expertise.

💶Salary

The salary 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 will support the selected employee with a start-up research budget, and additional research, travel and teaching development grants can also be applied for. Hanken rewards excellence in both research and teaching.

For more Information

For additional information, please contact Chair of the Department Committee, Professor Anders Löflund, anders.loflund@hanken.fi.

General instructions for applicants are provided here. Also, read more about Hanken as an employer here.

Recruitment process and timeline

The application deadline is October 18th, 2026. Candidates will be interviewed online shortly after the application deadline. Short-listed candidates will be invited to on-site campus visits including an interview and research presentation.

📨How to apply

The application is to be addressed to the Rector and application materials should include:

• Cover letter in which the applicant specifies the position for which they are applying (professor, associate professor, or assistant professor)
• CV (proposed content here), including list of publications.
• Personal statement, which includes a description of past research and its scientific quality, academic impact, plans for future research and a description of the candidates service to the department and university and a description of the candidates societal impact.
• List of publications (with the most significant publications highlighted; maximum 10 for full professor applicants and maximum 5 for associate and assistant professor applicants. Applicants at the associate professor and full professor levels should additionally submit up to five publications for assessment.
• Teaching portfolio (proposed content here).
• Applicants for the assist