Assistant professor in Finance

Ca’ Foscari is offering a position of tenure-track assistant professor in Finance.

Ca’ Foscari is engaged in achieving a world-class scientific environment, recruiting the best talents worldwide. Our talented young researchers and experienced senior professors collaborate to make Ca’ Foscari a stimulating environment for career development and freedom of research. Our University is committed to achieving excellence in research, funding promising researchers and developing international partnerships. As a leading research university, Ca’ Foscari has set a new agenda designed around six global challenges, exploring cutting-edge research directions that cross disciplinary boundaries.

The assistant professor is expected to contribute to the development of the research and teaching activities of the Venice School of Management, to be directly involved in its institutional, organizational and educational activities, and to actively seek national and international research funding.

Research commitment:

The assistant professor will focus on corporate financing, with particular regard to SMEs, on issues of sustainability and business risk management. Special attention will be paid to companies in the agro-industrial sector and those in the construction industry, in active collaboration with the activities and projects of the VSM, its research laboratories and the Regional Innovative Networks (RIRs) in which it participates.

Teaching commitment:

The assistant professor will have to teach on subjects related to corporate financial policies and entrepreneurial finance, both in Italian and English, for a number of hours in line with the existing Italian legislation and regulation.

The faculty member will be required to carry out 3 curricular courses (90 hours), on issues related to Financial markets, financial institutions, corporate finance.

The position is at the VSM Venice School of Management, whose major fields of activity include innovation, entrepreneurship, international management and creativity. The faculty in engaged in blending teaching and research in close contact with stakeholders from the economic, institutional and professional areas, while also focusing on sustainability and responsible development issues for the wellbeing of future generations.

Ca’ Foscari University of Venice has obtained the full Human Resources Strategy for Researchers certificate, a set of initiatives to improve work conditions for researchers and to attract talents worldwide. 

Our Housing office will help you search for a suitable and convenient accommodation, matching your needs and preferences with the available options.

If you are a non-Italian applicant or if you have resided outside of Italy for more than 3 years, you will benefit from a favorable tax treatment for the first years of the contract.

Read the call here: https://www.unive.it/data/38002/?id=2024-UNVE000-0236776