Description

The Yale School of the Environment (YSE) invites applications for an assistant professor position in Business & the Environment, Sustainable Finance, or Environmental Markets. We seek scholars whose research connects business or finance and the environment or natural resources to join a vibrant interdisciplinary community.

This position is intentionally wide in scope. We welcome applicants from any area of business, finance, economics, marketing, supplychain management, environmental markets, or related interdisciplinary fields. Applicants should demonstrate potential to publish in top journals while collaborating with other scholars in the School of Environment. 

Examples of research focus include, but are not limited to:

•       Connections between financial and environmental risks and their management, including insurance and riskmanagement innovation;
•       Financing solutions for conservation, climate adaptation, or biodiversity;
•       Commodity, natural resource, or environmental markets (timber, critical minerals, oil and gas, carbon or conservation credits etc.);
•       Marketing and consumer behavior related to conservation and the environment;
•       Environmental management within procurement, supplier reliability, supply chains, and logistics;
•       Land markets, investment, easements, extraction rights, and transactions;
•       Environmental connections to tax strategy. 

Advantages of Working at Yale

The Yale School of the Environment is a professional school that attracts outstanding students. YSE has strong connections with Yale’s School of Management (SOM), Yale’s Law School, and other departments across the university. The Yale School of Environment, together with the School of Management, runs the Center for Business and Environment at Yale (CBEY), which can provide a platform for the successful candidate. Yale also offers a high level of institutional support for high-impact scholarship. Disciplinary and interdisciplinary publications are valued by YSE. Prior to applying, candidates are encouraged to explore the School’s website (http://environment.yale.edu).

Position Expectations

The successful candidate will 

1. Have or show strong potential to develop an internationally recognized research program that connects business or finance and the environment or natural resources,
2. Be enthusiastic about teaching business-related topics to master’s and PhD students in the Yale School of the Environment and in The Forest School which is part of the School of the Environment.
3. Mentor YSE graduate students.
    

Qualifications

Have a PhD in finance, marketing, business, supply chain & logistics, economics, or an interdisciplinary PhD with evidence of strong relevant PhD-level training. 

To Apply

Applicants should apply online through Interfolio: https://apply.interfolio.com/188348  Consideration of applications will begin October 15, 2026. Please upload: 

1. Curriculum vitae,
2. Statement of research,
3. Statement of teaching interests.
4. A job market paper or representative sample of a research publication.
5. The names and contact information of three professional references who can provide letters of recommendation upon request.
    

Questions about the faculty search process can be directed to deansoffice.yse@yale.edu.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives.

Additionally, in accordance with this Policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; pregnancy, childbirth or related conditions; race; color; national or ethnic origin; religion; age; disability; protected veteran status, or other protected classes as set forth in federal and Connecticut law.

Professional Conduct Review for New Faculty Hires

The final candidate, upon acceptance of a contingent offer of employment/faculty appointment, may be required to disclose whether they are, or have been, the subject of any disciplinary proceeding (investigation, hearing, etc.) at previous institutions or employers, and may also be subject to a background screening. Candidates who materially misrepresent information on their resume or other application materials are ineligible for hire/appointment. Final candidates may also be required to sign a release to allow Yale to solicit information regarding any substantiated conduct violations from current and/or past employers.

Requirements

Have a PhD in finance, marketing, business, supply chain & logistics, economics, or an interdisciplinary PhD with evidence of strong relevant PhD-level training.