Postdoc in the Intellectual History of Corporate Politics, Copenhagen Business School
Job Description
Copenhagen Business School is recruiting a postdoc in the intellectual history of corporate politics, in its Department of Business Humanities and Law, on a two-year contract expected to begin on 1 May 2027. The work asks where the boundary between the state and the firm is drawn, and how analogies between the two get used to argue for particular political and economic futures. It is a historical and theoretical post rather than a quantitative one, so read the field requirements carefully.
At a glance
- Position: Postdoc, Department of Business Humanities and Law (Governance, Culture and Learning unit)
- Where: Copenhagen Business School, Frederiksberg, Denmark
- Contract: two years, with the possibility of one further year carrying teaching obligations
- Start: expected 1 May 2027, or as agreed
- Pay: set by the Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organization
- Apply: 15 December 2026
What the intellectual history of corporate politics covers here
- Examining contemporary contests over where the boundary between state and firm is drawn
- Analysing how analogies between the state and the firm are used to project political and economic visions
- Working across themes including the democratisation of firms, planning models and employee ownership
- Covering platform cooperativism, network governance and alternative models of government
- Historical and theoretical research rather than empirical-quantitative work
What Copenhagen Business School is looking for
- A completed PhD in intellectual history, history, political sociology, political theory or political philosophy
Pay and location
CBS does not publish a figure for this post: appointment and salary follow the Danish Ministry of Finance’s agreement with the Central Academic Organization. The contract runs for two years with the possibility of a third year carrying teaching obligations, and the post is based at the CBS campus in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen.
How to apply
Apply through the official Copenhagen Business School page. The closing date is 15 December 2026. The application asks for a cover letter, a project description of three to five pages, transcripts, a CV, a publication list and up to five marked publications. Questions go to Associate Professor Mathias Hein Jessen at mhj.bhl@cbs.dk or to Head of Department Pia Bramming at pib.bhl@cbs.dk.
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Hiring institution: Copenhagen Business School
Official advertisement: www.cbs.dk
How to prepare for this application
- The project description carries this application — three to five pages that connect your own work to the state/firm boundary question, not a general statement of interests
- Note the disciplinary list carefully: this is a business-school post advertised for historians, political theorists and political sociologists, not for management scholars
- Pick a specific strand — firm democratisation, employee ownership, platform cooperativism, network governance — and show you can say something new about it
- Choose your five marked publications to demonstrate range across history and theory rather than depth in one narrow case
- The start date is 1 May 2027, so a long lead time is expected; say what you will be doing until then
- Write for readers in a department of business humanities and law: the argument should land for lawyers and historians alike
About Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School is a Danish public university based in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen. Alongside its management and economics departments it houses a Department of Business Humanities and Law, which studies business through history, philosophy, law and the humanities; this post sits in its Governance, Culture and Learning unit. Research at CBS is conducted in English.
