Full Professorship in Personal Mobility Management and Innovation 100 %
The Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics of the University of Zurich invites applications for a
Full Professorship in Personal Mobility Management and Innovation
starting in the spring of 2026. Candidates should have an excellent track record in research in the areas of marketing management, customer (mobility) decision making and innovation management. Candidates should also have strong teaching skills, experience in teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in marketing, consumer behavior, mobility management and related areas, and willingness to develop and teach courses in mobility management and innovation. Exceptional early-stage candidates may be considered at the level of an Associate Professorship with tenure.
The professorship will become an integral part of the Department of Business Administration at the University of Zurich.
The professorship is expected to lead the new UZH Center for the Future of Personal Mobility and should demonstrate strong capabilities to create a vision for this center, and to manage and develop such a center.
The performance evaluation will be undertaken in line with DORA and the Open Science Policy of the University of Zurich. Through its educational and research objectives, the University of Zurich aims at attracting leading international researchers who are willing to contribute to its development and to strengthen its reputation as a future-oriented university with excellence in research, promotion of young researchers and innovative research-based teaching.
The University of Zurich is an equal-opportunity employer and, in particular, strives to increase the percentage of women in leading positions.
Please submit your application including motivation letter, CV, publication list, research and teaching statement as well as a diversity and inclusion statement, and a list of references until October 5, 2025 here.
Documents should be addressed to Prof. Dr. Harald Gall; Dean of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Informatics; University of Zurich; Switzerland.
Applications will be reviewed after October 5, 2025, and candidates applying by that date will be given priority. However, applications will be considered until the position is filled.
What we offer
- Flexible working models (such as part-time positions, mobile working, job-sharing)
- Childcare at the kihz foundation of UZH and ETH
- Wide range of continuing education courses of UZH and the Canton of Zurich
- Language Center run jointly with ETH Zurich
- Food and drinks at reduced prices in the UZH cafeterias
- Lunch-Check-card with UZH contribution
- Special conditions on the Academic Sports Association ASVZ
- Free seasonal flu vaccinations
- Rest and relaxation at the quiet room in the university tower
- Private traffic: Carsharing, rent a vehicle, parking space
- Digitalization: Hardware, software, mobile phone subscriptions
- Special conditions on hotel reservations
- Policies of the UZH
- Most UZH staff are employed according to public law
- Support for people from outside Switzerland
- Campuses Zurich City, Zurich Irchel, Oerlikon and Schlieren
- Sites Zurich West, Old Botanical Garden, Botanical Garden and Lengg