Dr. Pratima (Tima) Bansal at the Ivey Business School (Western University, London, Canada) is seeking to fill a postdoctoral fellowship in the topics of systems thinking, sustainability, innovation, or design.
The incumbent will support the work of Innovation North, a research-practice initiative that puts systems thinking at the center for the corporate innovation process to create better businesses and a more prosperous society. The incumbent will have an opportunity to work closely with major Canadian-based corporations.
The research team presently consists of faculty members (Tima Bansal, Diane-Laure Arjailiès, Sylvia Grewatsch, Jury Gualandris, Mazi Raz, and Garima Sharma) and doctoral students (Michelina Aguanno, Valen Boyd, Jin-Su Kang, and Stephanie Rüegger).
There are also numerous faculty members engaged in sustainability research at the Ivey Business School, who contribute actively to the Centre for Building Sustainable Value and the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS). The faculty members at Ivey publish in their most rigorous journals, while also seeking to impact practice.
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:
- · ability to conduct high quality research (qualitative or mixed methods) in systems thinking, sustainability, innovation, or design;
- · comfort and credibility writing for and communicating with corporate executives; and
- · strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
The candidate's activities will include collecting company-specific data and writing articles targeting both high quality research journals and practitioner outlets. The candidate will enjoy working with a diverse, vibrant research team and be motivated in solving macro-social and environmental issues through corporate actions.
The candidate can start any time, but ideally no later than July 2025. The position will be for up to 3 years, with a 6-month probationary period. The PhD needs to be defended within 6 months of starting the position and the candidate must be willing to relocate to London, Canada.
If you are interested in the position, please send the following to Tima Bansal (tbansal@ivey.ca) by January 15, 2026:
- · a copy of your CV
- · a cover letter that describes how you meet the three bullet points above
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