Post Doc in ESG and The Blue Economy

Copenhagen Business School invites applications for a vacant 3-year Postdoc in ESG and The Blue Economy at the Department of Management, Society and Communication

Project Description:
Financial institutions have a key role to play in protecting the biodiversity of the oceans and its carbon absorption and storage capabilities. Still, most investors are not aware of their investments’ impacts on the marine environment and of how a degrading ocean may subsequently affect their portfolios’ performance and value. Financial service institutions have, up to now, been slow to react to the state of the ocean.

In partnership with Green Digital Finance and WWF-Denmark this project will follow the money of major Nordic FIs calculating the ocean impacts per invested krone and translating it into financial value at risk and carbon at risk. Quantifying ocean risks into negative impacts on the business and carbon commitments will help to drive oceans into financial decision-making practices of Nordic FIs. The project will not stop at ocean risks but will facilitate an innovation process to consider new financial products, and translate research findings into Blue Economy curricula for students at CBS and in financial institutions.

As part of this larger project, the postdoc will specifically support the building of business cases, analysis of ESG metrics for the Blue Economy and their uptake within Nordic financial institutions, and course materials that integrate key thematic areas from the project to graduate students that will be leaders in the new.

This position is funded in collaboration between the Velux Foundation’s “A Healthy Ocean in a Changing Climate” programme and CBS.

Examples of research areas that the Postdoc might cover:

• Identifying and evaluating key impact measures for Blue Economy ESG
• Analysis of trends in ESG concerns of financial institutions in Europe
• Role of Blue Economy in Sustainability Transitions
• Comparison of uptake of ocean ESG considerations across Nordic Financial institutions

The Postdoc is a non-tenured position for a three year period with research and teaching obligations.

To fulfill the research requirements of the position, the applicant chosen is expected to be physically present on a regular basis and actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Department.
MSC brings together scholars from a range of research areas within responsible management , communication and the broader social sciences and humanities (including business & development studies), exploring organisations in global environments and the interaction and interdependencies of business, society and government.

MSC is a significant supplier of research based teaching to a broad portfolio of programmes, which includes undergraduate, graduate and doctoral teaching and supervision as well as executive education in the fields of:

• Responsible Management, Leadership and Governance
• Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
• Business and Development (with an emphasis on the emerging/growth economies context)
• Organisational Communication (corporate communication, strategic communication, leadership communication, marketing communication, international business communication) and Media Studies

Qualifications
The applicant must hold a PhD or the equivalent. In assessing applications, particular emphasis will be placed on research potential.
Emphasis is placed on research and teaching relevant to the job description.

Part of the position is a teaching obligation equivalent of 1 year of teaching. Relevant courses will include contributions to the new CBS ESG minor (ESG, Sustainable and Impact Investments, Critical Cases in Environmental, Social, and Governance and Sustainable Investments); Achieving the SDGs: Environmental Sustainability for Organizations; Consulting for sustainability - Harnessing Business Models and Innovation.

The applicant must have professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).

Copenhagen Business School has a broad commitment to the excellence, distinctiveness and relevance of its teaching and research programmes. Candidates who wish to join us should demonstrate enthusiasm for working in an organisation of this type (highlighting, for example, relevant business, educational and dissemination activities).

For further information
Please contact: Head of Department Dorte Salskov-Iversen e-mail dsi.msc@cbs.dk.
Information about the department may be found at www.cbs.dk/msc

Appointment and salary will be in accordance with the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organization.

Application
Application must be sent via the electronic recruitment system, using the link below.
Copenhagen Business School must receive all application material, including all appendices (see items below), by the application deadline.

The application must include:

1. A summary of the candidate’s main strengths and abilities.
2. A complete, numbered list of publications (indicating titles, co-authors, page numbers and year) with an * marking of the academic productions to be considered during the review. A maximum of 5 publications for review are allowed. Applicants are requested to prioritise their publications in relation to the field of this job advertisement.
3. Copies of the publications marked with an *. Only publications written in English (or another specified principal language, according to research tradition) or one of the Scandinavian languages will be taken into consideration)
4. Information indicating experience in research management, industry co-operation and international co-operation.
5. Documentation of relevant, significant, original research at an international level.
6. Transcript(s) and a full CV

Recruitment procedure
The Recruitment Committee will shortlist minimum two applicants; when possible five or more applicants will be shortlisted. The shortlisted applicants will be assessed by the Assessment Committee.

All applicants will be notified of their status in the recruitment process shortly after the application deadline.

The applicants selected for assessment will be notified about the composition of the Assessment Committee and later in the process about the result of the assessment.

Once the recruitment process is completed each applicant will be notified of the outcome of their application.
Details about Copenhagen Business School and the department are available at www.cbs.dk.