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Full Professorship in Social Anthropology with a Focus on Business Anthropology and Life-Enhancing Design

The Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, invites applications for a permanent position as Professor in Social Anthropology with a specific focus on business anthropology and life-enhancing design. The position is available from January 1st, 2027, or as soon as possible thereafter. The professorship is offered within the broad discipline of social anthropology, with a focus on the subfield of business anthropology and life-enhancing design, innovation and societal impact.

The Department of Anthropology at the University of Copenhagen is one of Europe's largest anthropological research institutions, with a research and teaching staff of about 30, approximately 450 students at the BSc and MSc levels and approximately 20 PhD students. In addition to the BA and MSc in Anthropology,



the Department also contributes to two cross-disciplinary MSc programs in Global Development and Integral Health.

The Department of Anthropology has a strong international research profile and a vibrant and dynamic research and teaching environment. The University has a 2030 strategy, just as the department has a strategy (2023-2028), and the new Professor is expected to contribute actively to these, with a particular responsibility for further development of the Department’s research, teaching, and outreach activities in the field of business anthropology, in collaboration with Department colleagues. Business and organisation is a major research field of the Department, with a dedicated researcher group (Organisation and Economy), and the appointment is intended to further strengthen and develop this area strategically.

Candidates will be assessed according to the below list of qualifications and the University of Copenhagen’s five overall criteria for professor appointmen

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