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Université PSL is launching a call for applications for a Junior Professor Chair in management sciences titled " Supporting an Efficient Transition in Logistics Through Artificial Intelligence ".
The activity will take place at the Centre Gestion Scientifique (CGS), Mines Paris-PSL, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres https://www.cgs.minesparis.psl.eu/
This is a tenure track position with a reduced teaching load leading to a full professor position at the Centre Gestion Scientifique, Mines Paris-PSL.The position will start on January 2027 (or at a mutually agreed later date). The contract must be signed by the end of December 2026.

The position is open to all researchers wishing to develop their activity in data science and artificial intelligence in the field of supply chains. The position includes an internationally competitive salary and competitive start-up package.

Wholly committed to excellence in education, training and research, PSL is a global university, which aims to reflect, represent and influence society today and the world of the future in all its diversity. The university’s collegial ethos is a major asset. Made up of thirteen component institutions, including Mines Paris-PSL, PSL ensures that dialogue takes place between all areas of knowledge, innovation and creativity in science, humanities, social sciences, arts and engineering. PSL offers an education led by the research carried out in its laboratories while encouraging discussion and mobility between disciplines and across schools. Our university exercises critical thinking and fosters creativity. Students are selected on the basis of their potential and talent. The university champions equal opportunities and promotes social, cultural and geographic diversity, and students are guaranteed individual mentoring, small class sizes and personalized academic pathways.

The Centre de Gestion Scientifique (CGS) is one of the 18 research centers of Mines Paris and is part of the Department of Economics, Management and Society (EMS).
Breakthrough engineering relies on the development of theories and methods for innovative design, the mobilization of cooperative ecosystems involving companies, users, and public stakeholders, and the creation of new business models and forms of public governance.

• The CGS, a pioneering laboratory in management sciences, is now integrated within the Interdisciplinary Institute of Innovation (i3), a joint research unit of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (UMR CNRS 9217).
• The CGS research program, structured around three traditional management disciplines (industrial engineering, work, and institutions), pursues a strategy of breakthrough research, systematically combining pioneering scientific contributions with strong socio-economic impact.

The management approach developed at CGS within the field of engineering is characterized by:

• A dual focus on modeling and organization, consisting of the joint study of models of rationality and their associated organizational forms, such as the Physical Internet.
• A foundational perspective that places particular emphasis on emerging forms of collective action, including the theory of the firm, the Physical Internet, and C-K theory (Concept-Knowledge Theory).
• A strong interest in novel forms of modeling, leading to the development of formal frameworks for generative reasoning.

The CGS research program, organized around the three traditional pillars of management (industrial engineering, work, and institutions), seeks to achieve scientific breakthroughs while generating substantial socio-economic impact.

Its main research themes include:

• Design activities and innovation capabilities within firms.
• The renewal of logistics organizations viewed as interconnected systems and networks.
• Occupational dynamics and workplace health in innovation- and service-oriented activities.
• Institutional change and new forms of governance (both public and private) in a context of innovation-driven and sustainable capitalism.