Professor in Mathematics

Profile

• You have a PhD in mathematics or statistics, or an equivalent degree.
• You have a strong track record in research in the field of financial mathematics or mathematical statistics. You have a strong research record and you have international research experience. The research quality is evidenced by publications in leading international journals and/or conferences. International research experience is highly appreciated.
• You have demonstrable qualities for academic education. Teaching experience and broad direct employability for education are plus points.
• You have organizational skills and you are collegial. You also have leadership capabilities in a university context.
• A good knowledge of English is a requirement. KU Leuven offers academic English courses. The administrative language of KU Leuven is Dutch. If you do not know any or not enough Dutch when you are recruited, KU Leuven will provide training that should allow you to participate in board meetings. Before you teach a lesson assignment in Dutch, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the required knowledge of Dutch.

offer

• We offer full-time employment in an intellectually challenging environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university and offers many opportunities for both fundamental and applied research. It has a strong interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary focus and strives for international excellence. To this end, it actively collaborates with its research partners in the Netherlands and abroad. She offers her students an academic education based on high-level scientific research.
• You work in Leuven, a historic yet dynamic and lively city in the center of Belgium, twenty minutes from Brussels, the capital of the European Union, and less than two hours from Paris, London and Amsterdam.
• KU Leuven is well equipped to welcome foreign professors and their families and offers practical support in the areas of immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning Dutch, partner career coaching, etc.
• To facilitate scientific integration and research in the first phase, a starting grant of 110,000 euros is offered to new professors who do not have substantial other funding and who are recruited for at least 50%.
• Depending on your file and qualifications, you will be appointed or appointed to one of the ranks of the senior academic staff: lecturer, senior lecturer, full professor or full professor. Junior researchers are in principle appointed as tenure track lecturers for a period of 5 years; afterwards, if the evaluation is positive, they are permanently appointed as senior lecturers.

Interest?