Faculty Positions
In making faculty appointments, the Kennedy School uses the following five criteria: quality of mind; teaching ability; research output; achievement in applied public policy and management; and potential institutional contribution. Candidates should have strong teaching and research records and be intellectual leaders in their field.
As always, we are particularly interested in individuals who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty. Harvard University is an Affirmative Action/Equal opportunity employer.
Our current searches are listed below. We are soliciting nominations from faculty, staff, students, and alumnae/i. Nominations should be submitted in writing to the chair of the appropriate search committee.
Senior Searches:
Senior Management and Leadership, Chair: Jennifer Lerner
Non-Tenured Searches:
Practitioner in Public Management, Chair: Stephen Goldsmith
Tenure-Track Faculty Search in Energy Policy, Chair: William Hogan
Junior Non-Profit, Chair: Chris Stone
Senior Searches
Senior Management & Leadership
The Harvard Kennedy School invites applications for a faculty position at the full (tenured) professor level. We are looking for a scholar in the behavioral sciences who can help to lead our efforts in research and teaching in the field of public leadership. The particular area of specialization within the fields of social psychology, organizational behavior, and personality psychology is open, but the candidate's substantive interests should be appropriate for a professional school of government and should complement those of the current faculty in management and leadership, broadly defined. Successful candidates for this position will have a strong record of research, including a strong record of attracting extramural funding for the research and a strong demonstrated interest in public leadership and public policy. The successful candidate should also have an excellent record of teaching and mentoring, preferably in a professional school and/or with professional students. Experience in teaching mid-career students and executive programs is especially valued. Some of the courses the successful candidate could potentially teach at Harvard Kennedy School include "Social Psychology for Public Managers," "Negotiation," "Judgment and Decision Making," doctoral seminars in the scholar's areas of interest, and executive programs for public leaders and decision-makers. Specific teaching assignments would be tailored to the successful candidate.
Review of applications begins on September 1, 2008, and will continue until an appropriate candidate is found. Interested candidates should mail their applications to Professor Jennifer S. Lerner, Faculty Search Committee, Kennedy School of Government, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 no later than October 31, 2008. Candidates should submit a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching interests, and representative publications. Any candidates who advance to the final stage of the search will be asked to have three letters of recommendation submitted.
Non-Tenured Searches
Practitioner in Public Management
Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government invites applications from practitioners for full-time non-ladder faculty positions in public leadership, management and policy analysis. Candidates should have distinguished records of employment at senior levels in public service, an outstanding capacity to analyze and draw conceptual insights from practical experience, and the ability to develop curriculum and teach courses at the graduate level. Candidates will also be expected to mentor students, supervise graduate thesis papers, and to strengthen the school’s capacity in the public management field. Those with significant accomplishments in accounting, budgeting, public finance, information management, operations management, contracting, transparency and corruption control are particularly urged to apply. The Kennedy School is interested in receiving applications from qualified individuals who represent various levels, experience and perspectives. The position will vary accordingly. Qualified women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply.
Interested candidates should address their application to Professor Stephen Goldsmith, John F. Kennedy School of Government/Mailbox 101, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138. Applicants should include a current c.v. and a limited number of representative publications. All applications should be received by Thursday, May 1, 2008.
Tenure-Track Faculty Search in Energy Policy
The Harvard Kennedy School seeks to appoint an assistant or associate professor of public policy with special interests in energy policy to teach, lead and conduct research, mentor graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, and engage with other faculty, policymakers, and the public. Requirements include a Doctorate in a relevant field (e.g., engineering, economics, public policy, science and technology policy) with strong capacity to integrate methods and insights across disciplinary boundaries and a record of research and scholarly publication with a focus on energy policy, technology innovation strategy, energy systems analysis, or a combination of these. Relevant teaching experience is desirable, as are close substantive familiarity with one or more of the global challenges related to energy policy (e.g., climate change, energy security, energy regulation, energy for economic development) and previous or current engagement with public- and private-sector as well as international perspectives on these issues.
Applicants should send a curriculum vita, letters of recommendation, and papers and publications to Professor William Hogan, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. The deadline for receipt of applications is October 15, 2008. Qualified women and members of minority groups are specially urged to apply.
Junior Non-Profit
Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in public policy and public management with a specialization in nonprofit organizations. Candidates should have distinguished Ph.D. records in political science, business administration, sociology, anthropology, or related fields; strong teaching, research, and publication records; and demonstrated interest in and experience with public policy applications. Those with significant research accomplishments in international development, management and leadership, financial strategy and nonprofit finance, the politics and policy of race, comparative analysis of nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, or the role of nonprofit organizations in countries other than the United States are particularly urged to apply, but strong applicants in any field will be considered.
Applicants should send a curriculum vita, letters of recommendation, and papers and publications to Professor Christopher Stone, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. The deadline for receipt of applications is October 31, 2008. Qualified women and members of minority groups are specially urged to apply.
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