Post-doctoral Research Fellow In Trusted Retail

• $104,290 to $123,858
• Fixed-term, full-time
• Gardens Point

Who are we looking for?

Queensland University of Technology (QUT) is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Trusted Retail to join School of Management, Faculty of Business and Law, Academic Division.

QUT’s Centre for Future Enterprise is looking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow provides new, contemporary, research capacity within CFE’s Trusted Enterprise theme to work with the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail.We are seeking motivated candidates with the capability to conduct contemporary, demand-driven, empirical research to global standards. The Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will work with external organisations from the areas of retail, retailisation (e.g., banks) and our industry partner Cisco on research questions at the intersection of trust and technology. Successful research will achieve real-world impact as we well as visibility in the leading scientific outlets of relevance.Academic openness, interdisciplinary curiosity and the ability to learn and adapt quickly are required. We are particularly interested in candidates that have strong stakeholder engagement skills and disciplinary knowledge that can be applied in one or more of the following domains: econometrics, org/management science, information systems, strategic management, technology management, digital transformation and consumer behaviour.The actual research will explore how organisations can compete on trust and how trust-intensive technology solutions can successfully be designed and implemented.

Real world impact

QUT is a major Australian university with a global outlook and a ‘real world’ focus. We are an ambitious and collaborative institution that seeks to equip our students and graduates with the skills they will need in an increasingly disrupted and challenged world.

About the Centre for Future Enterprise

The Centre for Future Enterprise (CFE) is one of QUT’s 12 tier 1 research centres consolidating research expertise across five faculties. CFE is investing its research capacity into the purpose of providing capabilities – mindset, skillset, toolset – that matter for future enterprises and to professionalise the. Dedicated to demand-driven, rigorous research exploring and testing possible futures for enterprises of all sizes ranging from large incumbents to emerging start-ups, from the internationally listed corporation to the regional nonprofit charity, CFE works closely with industry partners across various sectors.
With its rigorous, contemporary and applied research, CFE inspires, informs and enables navigation in a fast-emerging new world, differentiating essential requirements from distracting noise. Based on the fundamental hypothesis that an increasingly opportunity-rich environment will require new enterprise capabilities, CFE research focuses on three themes and the nexus between these:

1. Robust Enterprise
Robustness is a much-needed characteristic of future enterprises as they increasingly have to master digital, pandemic and other forms of disruption. Headed by Prof. Kevin Desouza, related research takes place in these four streams, (1) the management of contradictions, (2) digital resilience and transitivity, (3) design of adversarial robustness, and (4) robust transformations (e.g., green transitions).

2. Algorithmic Enterprise Headed by the Chair in Digital Economy, Prof. Marek Kowalkiewicz, this group studies the characteristics and potential of the emerging economy of algorithms. Research within this theme is organised in these four streams, i.e. (1) business models of algorithmic enterprises, (2) human-algorithm interaction models, (3) governance models for algorithmic enterprises, and (4) innovation models of algorithmic enterprises.

3. Trusted Enterprise As our societies and economies are becoming more trust-intensive, the conscious design, management and measurement of trust-aware products, services and business processes is of increasing importance. In our research, we break down trust into the management of uncertainty, vulnerability, confidence and benevolence, and develop operational, validated practices and principles for these. The Brisbane Trust Alliance is a community of (trust) professionals which brings 40+ executives across multiple sectors together on a monthly base to collectively develop higher levels of trust literacy.

This Post-Doctoral Research Fellow will become a member of the trusted enterprise research theme and be part of the newly established team of the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail.

About Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail

QUT’s Centre for Future Enterprise is a partner in Cisco’s National Industry Innovation Network (NIIN), an industry-university alliance driven by the goal to realise digital opportunities that benefit the lives of all Australians. As part of NIIN, the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail Innovation has been established in 2022 at QUT making it one of six such Research Chairs in the country. All Chairs work closely together creating a unique network of contemporary, cross-sectorial research capability.

The research of the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail is dedicated to facilitating the uptake of data- and tech-intensive solutions by unlocking entirely new trust opportunities. This includes investigations into the return-on-trust, building internal trust literacy, the trust impact of technologies, design for trust, trust governance and trust measurement among others. The external engagement of the Chair is supported by Innovation Central Brisbane, a Cisco-funded, one-stop platform at QUT’s Gardens Point campus facilitating the demand-driven uptake of research outcomes. The Chair, funded by Cisco and comprehensively supported by QUT, consists of a team of Post-Doctoral Research Fellows and PhD students. On 1 February 2023, Dr Nadine Ostern was appointed as the Cisco Chair in Trusted Retail.

What you need to succeed

Your expertise and initiative, combined with your ability to work as an excellent team player will be vital to your success in this role.

You will demonstrate:

1. Education, training and/or experience equivalent to a doctoral qualification in an area that aligns with trusted retail.
2. Potential to develop and deliver rigorous and externally relevant research in line with the Centre’s vision and principles
3. Demonstrated ability to research, write, publish and present high-quality findings and communicate those findings professionally
4. Potential or demonstrated ability to seek and secure external research funding, while enhancing the public profile of QUT
5. Potential or demonstrated ability to supervise higher degree students effectively, in accordance with the Code of Conduct
6. Demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively as part of a diverse team, with the commitment to workplace equality
7. Evidence of the ability to interact with industry, ideally tech as well as retail organisations as part of collaborative research and/or consultancy
8. Excellent interpersonal skills that demonstrate the ability to develop networks and partnerships across disciplines, including senior members of private and public sector organisations

Careers at QUT

Our culture is vibrant, inspiring and challenging. It’s a world where like-minds come together with a commitment to making a real world difference, no matter what the area of expertise.

Beyond personal and professional fulfilment, a career at QUT brings a broad range of tangible benefits. QUT is a high quality and flexible organisation that is proud of its excellent employment conditions which include but are not limited to:

• Parental leave provisions
• Study support encompassing leave and financial assistance
• Comprehensive professional development
• Salary Packaging

 

Reference number:  23126

Term:  Fixed-term, full-time basis for 2 years, Gardens Point Campus

Remuneration:  Total remuneration range $AUD123,419 to $AUD146,575 (LEVB) (inclusive $AUD104,290 to $AUD123,858 salary p.a; 17% superannuation and 17.5% recreation leave loading)

Location:  Gardens Point

Job opens:  24-Feb-2023

Applications Close: 27-Mar-2023 at 11.30pm

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