Assistant / Associate /Full Professor in Sociocultural Approaches to Consumption and Market Studies

(Campus of Marseille or Bordeaux)

Marketing Department

KEDGE Business School is a business school with 4 campuses in France (Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille, and Toulon), 3 abroad with 2 in China (Shanghai and Suzhou), 1 in Africa (Dakar) and 4 associated campuses (Avignon, Bastia, Bayonne, Mont-de-Marsan). The KEDGE Business School community includes 14,800 students (23% foreign students), 200 full-time faculty members (45% of which are international), 274 international academic partners and 70,000 alumni across the world. Ranked 31rd amongst European Business Schools, KEDGE Business School is AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA accredited and a member of the French Conférence des Grandes Écoles.

Its Marketing Department invites applications for 2 positions at Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Marketing and Consumption studies with a strong sociological/anthropological approach/background. With the aim of enriching our sociocultural approaches in Marketing, the department particularly welcomes applications from (but not restricted to) colleagues belonging to CCT, TCR, Gemac and Market Studies communities.

Assistant / Associate /Full Professor in Sociocultural Approaches to Consumption and Market Studies

(mixte profile)

Responsabilities :

• Teaching and educational development (undergraduate, graduate and post graduate level);
• Publication in academic and professional journals;
• Research Projects with companies or international institutions;
• Participation in national and international calls for projects;
• Student supervision and coaching.

Profile and skills required :

• PhD or equivalent (or evidence of being in their last year of PhD) ;
• Strong research orientation, with a track record (or potential for the position of assistant professor) in top tier international journals related to consumption culture, cultural branding, market systems/market studies ;
• Desire to work as part of a team in our research center “Marketing & New Consumption” ;

• Ability to teach courses in French and English (requirement)

Procedure of application

Interested candidates should provide the following elements:

• A cover letter containing your motivation for the position
• An up-to-date curriculum vitae with a list of publications and most recent representative research papers
• A teaching statement (including course details and recent course evaluations)
• 2 references who can be contacted
• For doctoral students in their last year of PhD, a letter from the thesis director indicating the state of progress of the PhD and the probable date of defense.

Compensations and benefits:

Permanent contract/ Full time

Status: Executive

Salary: to be negotiated /over 13 months / Bonuses (research, executive education, etc.)

Paid leaves 35 days per year + 15 exemption days per year

Others benefits: lunch vouchers + mobility bonus + complementary insurance

Support provided for you moving in France (accommodation search, school for the kids, visa procedures, administrative procedures, French lessons, etc.)

Starting date: September 2025 

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact:

Prof. Virginie Maille

Head of Marketing Department

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