Professor (Economic sciences)
CALL FOR COMPETITION FOR A POSITION
Professor (Economic sciences)
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University.
The date of the call for the competition: 06 January 2025.
Deadline for document submission: 05 February 2025 (local time zone UTC+2).
Professor of Vilnius University is a recognized leader in their field of research and studies in Lithuania; it is the highest teaching position at the University. The professor’s responsibilities include scientific research and/or experimental development activities as well as disseminating their results at national and international levels, research-based studies, contributing to the training of researchers and lecturers, providing expert recommendations, carrying out educational activities, educating society at large and/or disseminating achievements of culture.
Description and responsibilities of the position:
It is expected that the professor will perform scientific research of international and high national level individually and/or in a team with other researchers in the field of economics or applied economics and will publish the results of their research Academic Journal Guide 3 and academical journals of higher tier. The research professor will submit proposals for research project funding and will implement the projects; convene teams of researchers and lead them; teach students in English or Lithuanian economic theory, basics of economics, microeconomics or macroeconomics, prepare methodological material for studies; supervise final theses of students, doctoral dissertations and/or postdoctoral interns. As an expert in their field, they will provide insights and recommendations to society, when necessary. They will maintain professional relations with their colleagues abroad and will take an active part in national and international associations in their field. They will promote economy specialisation and economics, finance and quantitative economics studies. They will implement other functions assigned to a professor related to studies, research, methodological and organizational activity, as provided for in the legal acts of the University. If necessary, will lead study program committee and participate in research groups by working on research.
Required qualifications:
Doctoral degree (in the field of Economics).
Publication in Academic Journal Guide 3 or higher-tier journals.
Supervision of a doctoral student and/or postdoctoral intern.
Ability to teach in English or Lithuanian.
Experience in leading national and participating in international projects.
Description of Mandatory Competences for the Career Stages of Researchers at Higher Education and Research Institutions HERE.
Description of other required qualifications is available HERE.
In case the candidates are of equal standing, the following will be considered an advantage:
Experience in leading international research projects.
Academic leadership in the development and training of academic staff.
Experience of practical work.
Publications in Academic Journal Guide 3 or higher-tier journals.
Participation in the editorial boards of AJG scientific journals.
Mentoring doctoral student(-s) who successfully defended thesis and/or mentoring postdoctoral intern
The selection of candidates will be held on the basis of qualitative expert evaluation and, when necessary, in other ways. A more detailed description of the procedure for holding recruiting competitions is available HERE.
Starting at: 01 September 2025, duration of contract – 5 years.
Workload: 0.5 full-time post.
Official salary: 1960 Eur (before tax).
Candidates shall submit the following documents:
Description of academic activities in English together with a list of publications (when completing the Pedagogical Competencies section, please refer to the Guidelines for Evaluating the Pedagogical Competencies. When completing the Activity Plan section, please prepare an activity plan that would be aligned with the priorities of the Vilnius University Strategic Plan and the action plan of the faculty of Economics and Business Administration).
Curriculum Vitae.
Certified copies of qualification documents and diplomas (not applicable to current Vilnius University employees).
Student feedback data (can be submitted in various forms) (not applicable for Vilnius University employees).
All documents shall be submitted to with ‘Professor (Economic sciences)’ in the subject line.