Description
Faculty : Faculty Economics, Management, Communication and Political Science (EMCP)
Department/School : UNamur School of Management (UNSM)
Grade : Senior Lecturer
Contract : open-ended contract with integration period - The Board of Directors provides that, except in duly justified cases, this position is awarded for a three-year term if the selected candidate is appointed for the first time as part of the academic staff of the University of Namur (in accordance with Article 5 of the academic staff statute). At the end of the three-year term, the candidate will be confirmed and permanently appointed subject to a positive evaluation by the evaluation committee.
Category : academic staff
Reference : 50002978
Work environment
Located in the historic centre of the City of Namur, capital of Wallonia, the University of Namur, with over 60 first, second and third-cycle university programmes, its 11 research institutes and its 11 technological platforms, welcomes nearly 8,000 students and doctoral candidates each year across its 7 faculties and has more than 1,300 staff members, including over 800 researchers. Within the University of Namur, the EMCP Faculty (Economics Management Communication Political Science – www.unamur.be/emcp) has nearly 1,800 students and 250 staff members, including 40 permanent academic and 70 scientific/doctoral staff, distributed across 3 departments/schools (Namur School of Economics, UNamur School of Management, Department of Social, Political and Communication Sciences). It offers 1st-cycle (bachelor), 2nd-cycle (master) and 3rd-cycle (e.g. doctorate) programmes in management and economics, both during the day and in evening sessions. It also offers 1st and 3rd-cycle programmes in political science and in information and communication. Its members carry out cutting-edge research in numerous fields of expertise.
The selected candidate will join the UNamur School of Management (UNSM). The 60 academic and scientific members of UNSM notably contribute to bachelor-level training and run master and doctoral programmes with a strong focus on themes related to finance, service management/marketing, creativity and innovation, and information management. Its members develop research in these themes within 3 research institutes (Development Finance & Public Policies – DeFiPP, Namur Digital Institute – NADI and Namur Institute for Complex systems – naXys) and collaborate, through master theses, internships, seminars and consulting missions, with multiple companies and organisations, both national and international.
Position description
The activities associated with this position are divided equally between research, teaching and service to the community. The selected candidate must demonstrate a high level of expertise in Data Analytics, with a clear orientation towards a quantitative profile in Information Management and applied experience in Information Systems, Digital Transformation, Process Mining or Decision Support Systems or other equivalent application fields. Candidates who can additionally demonstrate a credible orientation towards the field of political science will be given priority (for example data analysis in citizen participation, public data management or data-driven political decision-making). The candidate will be expected to develop research and teaching activities in these areas while collaborating methodologically with the other research fields represented within the EMCP Faculty. Teaching will be delivered within the programmes Management) as well as in the BAGI programme of the Faculty of Computer Science.
More generally, the selected candidate will be expected to:
- Deliver teaching across the various study cycles (1st, 2nd and 3rd cycle) ;
- Supervise master theses and doctoral dissertations;
- Participate in, lead and/or supervise research programmes in the aforementioned fields within the MINDIT research centre – Management of Information & Digital Transformation, one of the components of the NaDI research institute.
- Participate in the activities of the Transitions research institute (Democratic Transformations axis)
Through her/his research activities, the candidate will contribute to the international visibility of the university and notably:
- Commit to publishing in leading, high-impact journals in the field;
- Commit to securing external research funding;
- Expand the network of partners of the University of Namur.
Finally, in due course, the candidate will carry out service activities within UNSM and BAGI (Advanced Master), the EMCP Faculty and/or the University.
Contrat
L’entrée en fonction est prévue le 01/09/2027. Le Conseil d’administration prévoit une période d’intégration de trois ans si le.la candidat.e retenu.e est désigné.e pour la première fois dans le cadre du personnel académique de l’Université de Namur. Au terme de cette période, le.la candidat.e est, en cas d’évaluation positive, confirmé.e dans ses fonctions. Le salaire proposé est conforme au barème appliqué par l’ensemble des universités de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (accessible via le lien suivant, barème 007 : www.unamur.be/fr/universite/travailler/baremes-avantages).
Renseignements complémentaires
Des renseignements complémentaires peuvent être obtenus auprès du Prof. Corentin BURNAY, Directeur de l’UNamur School of Management (direction.unsm@unamur.be). Pour les candidats non-résidents en Belgique, se référer au portail d’information « European researchers’ mobility portal (EURAXESS) » : https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu. Pour toute question salariale, des renseignements peuvent être obtenus auprès de la cellule.remuneration@unamur.be.
Modalités de sélection
- Examen et sélection des candidatures par la Commission de sélection ;
- Audition par la Commission de recrutement (les personnes dont la candidature sera retenue seront invitées, dansles deux mois qui suivent la date d’échéance du dépôt des candidatures, à donner une leçon sur un thème imposéet à présenter leur recherche aux membres de la Commission de recrutement et de la Faculté) ;
- Entretien par le Service des Ressources Humaines ;
- Décision du Conseil d’administration de l’Université.
Modalités pour postuler
Les candidatures doivent être introduites au moyen d’un formulaire à télécharger sur le site de l’UNamur à l’adresse www.unamur.be/fr/universite/travailler/formulaires. Le formulaire sera complété d’un curriculum vitae, d’un plan de recherche (environ 3 pages), du projet pédagogique (environ 3 pages) du.de la candidat.e, de maximum 3 articles scientifiques (un au minimum), des évaluations de cours (si disponibles) ainsi que de 2 à 3 lettres de recommandation (envoyées séparément par les personnes de référence).
Le dossier ainsi que les lettres de recommandation sont à adresser pour le 15-12-2026 au plus tard à candidature@unamur.be (en PDF), avec copie au Prof. C. Burnay, Président de la Commission de sélection et Directeur de l’UNSM (direction.unsm@unamur.be). Ce dernier se réserve le droit de ne pas considérer le dossier de candidature si l'une des pièces est envoyée au-delà de l'échéance fixée.
Requirements
Required qualifications
The candidate must:
- Hold a doctorate in management sciences, economics, sciences, or equivalent (or obtain it before taking up the position);
- Be able to publish high-impact scientific research in top international journals in the field of information management, information systems or digital transformation;
- Demonstrate the ability to interact methodologically and in an interdisciplinary manner with the other research fields of the EMCP Faculty, notably in economics, political science, communication and sociology.
- Be able to provide excellent teaching to a university audience;
- Be able to integrate research results into teaching;
- Have the ability to work in a team and to lead and direct a research team;
- Have a good command of French or otherwise commit to learning it within the year following appointment (B2 level);
- Have a good command of spoken and written English and be able to teach in that language.
The following elements will be considered as assets:
- A credible interest in application areas of data analytics such as e-governance, Evidence-Based Decision Making, Public Decision Support Systems, Data-Driven Governance, Public Policy Analytics;
- One or more academic stays at a university other than the one that awarded the doctorate (post-doc or research stay of minimum 3 months);
- Creativity and a sensitivity for pedagogical innovation and interdisciplinarity;
- The ability to bridge with the private/public organisational world and/or the regional political and institutional world in teaching and research and/or to initiate and develop collaborations with them;
- An aptitude to take on programme responsibility in political science or communication;
- Teaching experience with a university and/or adult audience;
- Knowledge of languages other than French and English.
