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Trinity Business School (TBS) is an internationally ranked innovative business school and part of Trinity College Dublin, Ireland’s oldest and highest-ranking university. The School holds Triple Accreditation from AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS and an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its achievements in advancing gender balance. The Business School is housed in a contemporary, eco-conscious building on the Trinity campus, located close to major international business hubs, particularly in finance, strategy consulting and digital business sectors.
Trinity Business School is implementing its strategy Transforming Business for Good, focusing on sustainability, transformation through innovation and social inclusion.
The School invites applications for a strategic appointment at Associate Professor level in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, with a particular focus on Artificial Intelligence, Digital Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management.
Applications are particularly welcomed from engaged scholar-practitioners who combine rigorous research with direct experience of venture creation, innovation practice or entrepreneurial ecosystem development.
This appointment forms part of Trinity Business School's strategic ambition to establish itself as Ireland's leading business school for entrepreneurship, innovation and responsible digital transformation. The successful candidate will play a central role in advancing the School's teaching, research and external engagement in entrepreneurship while contributing to the development of the Trinity Student Entrepreneurship Hub.
We seek an internationally recognised scholar whose research advances digital entrepreneurship, platform-based business models, AI-enabled venture creation, digital transformation or entrepreneurial ecosystems. The successful candidate will demonstrate an excellent record of research quality together with evidence that their work informs entrepreneurial practice, policy or executive decision-making.
The successful candidate will contribute to teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate and executive education programmes, particularly: the MSc in Entrepreneurship & Innovation, MBA programmes, Executive Education, undergraduate entrepreneurship and innovation modules.
They will also contribute to the continued development of AI-enhanced teaching practices, experiential entrepreneurship education, venture-based learning and digital learning environments.
Post status: Permanent Contract
Hours of Work: Hours of work for academic staff are governed by the applicable Public Service Agreements.
