Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer: Futures Studies

Department Description/Departement Beskrywing

Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences

Stellenbosch Business School (Bellville Park Campus)

Associate Professor / Senior Lecturer: Futures Studies

Ref. EBW04/320/1124

Stellenbosch Business School was the first African business school to receive the prestigious Triple Crown of international accreditations, reserved for the top 1% of business schools worldwide. The School's commitment to developing responsible leaders for a better world, is a key differentiator in our programmes, research, and social impact activities.

We aim to provide a stimulating, inclusive and multicultural environment that shape future leaders.

Stellenbosch Business School wishes to build on its strength in teaching and research in futures studies. We welcome applications from candidates with research interests in futures studies-related areas and are willing to contribute to teaching in various postgraduate programmes within the School. We aim to provide a stimulating, inclusive and multicultural environment in which to shape future leaders through our teaching and inform through our academically rigorous and societally relevant research. We welcome applications from candidates who seek to make a difference in our students' lives through their professional and academic endeavours, engaging with society, and helping us to be recognised as a source of value for a better world.

Duties/Pligte

• Delivering or teaching assigned futures studiesand related modules within other postgraduate programmes in Stellenbosch Business School.
• Collaborating with staff to create and deliver a transformative learning experience for students in futures studies and generally for students at Stellenbosch Business School.
• Publishing and disseminating research in internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals, high-impact books, and cases.
• Through teaching and research, promoting the social impact of Stellenbosch Business School.
• Supervising postgraduate research.
• Actively engaging in the Institute of Futures Research at Stellenbosch Business School.
• Actively engaging and participating in the activities of Stellenbosch University (SU) and School life.
  
  
  

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

(For Appointment As a Senior Lecturer)

• PhD in the field of futures studies awarded by a recognised university.
• Experience in teaching, delivery, assessment, and student support at the postgraduate level in the relevant subject area.
• Experience in the design and development of module content.
• A record of research or publication in nationally and internationally recognised, peer-reviewed journals
• Successfully completed postgraduate supervision.
• Good organisational and personal management skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Commitment to creating impact through research and scholarship.
  
  
  

(For Appointment As An Associate Professor)

• PhD in the field of futures studies awarded by a recognised university.
• National and international recognition as a researcher.
• A sustained record of research and research publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals.
• A record of past research and a future research agenda relevant to futures studies.
• Supervision and examination at PhD and master's levels.
• Teaching and the scholarship of teaching relevant to futures studies, with evidence of, or potential for academic leadership, of postgraduate programmes.
• Commitment to creating impact through research and scholarship.
• Academic management and leadership skills.
• Quantitative and qualitative evidence of teaching experience.
• Good organisational and personal management skills.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Evidence of commitment to creating impact through research and scholarship.
  
  
  

Recommendation/Aanbeveling

• An international experience or network in futures research.
  
  
  

How To Apply/Hoe Om Aansoek Te Doen

Stellenbosch University is committed to employment equity (EE), and appointments will be made in line with the EE plan for the specific environment as well as the institutional EE Plan of the University.

Stellenbosch University reserves the right not to make an appointment.

Your application, comprising a comprehensive curriculum vitae (including the names and email addresses of at least three referees), must reach the University before or on the closing date of the advertised post.

APPLY ONLINE AT BY USING THE APPLY NOW LINK AT THE TOP RIGHT-HAND CORNER OF THE SPECIFIC VACANCY PAGE.

The University reserves the right to investigate qualifications and conduct background checks on all candidates.

Should no feedback be received from the University within four to six weeks of the closing date, kindly accept that your application did not succeed.

Enquiries/Navrae

Enquiries regarding the job content: Prof Charles Adjasi on 021 918 4288, or at

Enquiries regarding remuneration/benefits, as well as technical assistance with the electronic application process: Human Resources Client Services Centre on 021 808 2753 / 021 938 9636 or at

Currency ZAR

Commencement Date 01-Mar-2025

Closing Date 10-Jan-2025

Amount of Travel

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