Associate Professorship (permanent) in Public Administration

Employment type: FULLTIME. The Department of Political Science and Public Management, University of Southern Denmark, Odense invites applications for an associate professorship in Public Administration as of February 1, 2027, or as agreed. The successful applicant will be affiliated with the Public Administration Research Group.

The Public Administration Research Group aims to improve decision-making, management, and organization in the public sector.

We do this by (1) conducting high-quality research on topics of high societal relevance, (2) delivering high-quality research-based teaching and supervision at the professional master programme in public management (Master of Public Governance, FMOL) and the Political Science programme, and (3) disseminating research knowledge to key stakeholders in and around the public sector and contribute to on-going public debates.

Based on strong and rigorous methodological approaches, ranging from quantitative experimental approaches and advanced statistical techniques to various qualitative approaches, members of the Public Administration Research Group study public management, leadership, organization, public employees, civil servants, citizen-state interactions, local and central government, and local elections1 …