Assistant/Associate Professor, Tenure Track, Information System Science
The Faculty of Information Technology is seeking to recruit an Assistant/Associate Professor (Tenure Track) in information system science starting January 1, 2027, or as soon as possible after that. According to the tenure track model at the University of Jyväskylä, the position of an Assistant Professor is filled for a fixed term of three to five years, and the position of an Associate Professor for a fixed term of five years. At the end of each fixed-term assignment, an evaluation is conducted to assess the employee’s qualifications for promotion to the next level (Associate Professor / Full Professor).
The University of Jyväskylä is a strong, societally impactful international and significant research and education university in the field of information systems. The information systems research at the University of Jyväskylä is highly esteemed and has excelled in international rankings. According to the AIS Research Rankings (Basket of 8 journals), the discipline was ranked 26th in Europe and 108th globally. In 2025, 94 Bachelor's degrees and 118 Master's degrees were granted by the information systems programs.
Who we are looking for
We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual who wants to become an elite, world-class researcher in the field of information systems.
In the University of Jyväskylä, the teaching and research in information systems focuses on digital transformation, use of IT and its impacts, human-IT relationship, information systems development, digital innovations and services, cybersecurity, as well as their management and governance. These areas intersect with other fields within the IT faculty, particularly software engineering, technology management, technical cybersecurity, IT resilience and cognitive science, and other fields of sciences at the university, such as business studies, psychology, communication science, and social science. Although the candidate’s research and teaching activities can target any aforementioned information systems areas, we are especially interested in candidates, whose activities fall into one or several of the following themes and approaches:
Theme 1: Organizational level analysis of information systems
1. Platforms, ecosystems and generativity
2. Digital transformation and innovations in organizations
3. Governance and societal consequences of digitalization
Theme 2: Information systems development
1. IS infrastructures, their planning and management
2. IS design, development and use
Theme 3: Data, its governance and value
1. Data sharing, design, reuse, governance or data work
2. Data infrastructures
3. The value of data, data network effects and data commercialization
Theme 4: AI, algorithms and new ways of working
1. Agentic information systems, AI and new ways of working and organizing
2. Human-AI collaboration, human-AI relationships and delegation
3. Algorithmic management and control
The career stage of the recruited candidate will determine the level of responsibility and the requirements of other tasks.
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