We (Per Davidsson, Jan Recker, and Frederik von Briel) are
looking for a postdoc (2-3 year position) and a PhD student (fully funded scholarship). The postdoc and PhD will contribute to a joint research project of UQ Business School, the Australian Centre for Entrepreneurship Research (ACE) and the University of Hamburg that focuses on how crises can be turned into opportunities. The research project is funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Discovery scheme and empirically investigates the strategic crisis responses of business ventures (especially digital ones) that managed to defy the odds and achieve high growth because of crises.
From an academic point of view, the research project builds on and aims to contribute to research on external enablers of entrepreneurial action and outcomes, an area that is receiving increasing attention of researchers within and beyond entrepreneurship as evidenced for example, by an increasing number of publications on the topic in top tier journals. The fundamental premise of an external enabler perspective is that any major change to the external environment -- from technological advances to regulatory changes to crises -- creates economic disequilibrium, thereby enabling or enhancing some entrepreneurial activities and outcomes. We have already made major contributions to this exciting new line of scholarly inquiry and will work closely with the successful candidate to further advance it.
The position has a strong emphasis on the collection and analysis of digital trace data, and the generation of academic and practitioner outputs based on the research and project work. This will involve the writing of academic journal articles, industry reports, and thought leadership articles.
From a lifestyle point of view, UQ is located in Brisbane, the state of Queensland's capital. With 2.5 million inhabitants Brisbane is the third most populous city in Australia. It is internationally renowned for its lifestyle, having more than 280 days of sunshine per year, a subtropical climate, and more than 2,000 green parks. Being located between the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast, Brisbane also has many iconic natural attractions from stunning beaches to some of the world's oldest rainforests to the outback to the world's largest sand islands at its doorstep. Brisbane is also the host of the 2032 Olympics.
Applications Close Friday 16th September 2022 at 11.00pm AESTPostdoc:
https://t.co/o8KBBogM5nPhD:
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Frederik Von Briel
University of Queensland
St Lucia QLD
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