I am writing to you to inform you about the newly initiated Asia Fellowship programme at the ESSCA Graduate School of Management. This Fellowship programme aims at talented young academics and researchers (PhD, Postdocs etc.) to spend some time develop teaching and researching activities on China/Asia and Asian business in Shanghai, China, with Chinese, French and other international faculty members.

 

Please feel free to forward this call within your network and do not hesitate to contact me anytime for further information.

 

Best regards,

 

Wei SHEN

 

SHEN Wei

Professeur Assistant Affaires Internationales / Assistant Professor International Affairs

École Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers (ESSCA) / ESSCA Graduate School of Management

W : www.essca.eu E : [log in to unmask] M: +33-(0)6-15.57.15.81

 

Asia Fellowships

ESSCA Graduate School of Management

 

The Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Commerciales d'Angers (ESSCA) is a dynamic French business school (Grande Ecole). Its main campus is in the Loire Valley city of Angers, and it also runs programmes in Paris, Budapest and Shanghai.

 

Asia and China in particular is an important part of ESSCA’s international network. It has been exchanging students for the last 5 years with China’s Tong Ji University in Shanghai and Sun Yat Sun University in Guangzhou and to complement these partnership agreements began developing its own programmes in Shanghai in 2006 hosted by Ecole Supérieure d’Administration Internationale (ESAI). These last one semester and are designed for ESSCA Master students. They are also open to students from ESSCA’s partner university network.

 

ESSCA also uses its Shanghai base for research on China and the Asian region, providing both academic and administrative/practical support for fieldwork and networking for visiting faculty and researchers. It is within this context that ESSCA is now offering several Asia Fellowships for young academics (PhD, post-docs etc.) who are conducting business / management and social sciences research on Asia starting from Spring 2009. The newly established Asia Fellowship programme will enable Fellows to work with other international and local Chinese academics and business professionals, to develop learning modules and gain practical teaching experience on China and Asia. They will also have the opportunity to work on their own research, with logistical assistance from ESSCA and ESAI staff as well as access for field research to ESSCA/ESAI’s privileged links with local industries.

 

Asia Fellowship

 

ESSCA is seeking applicants who have

- either a background in any field of business and management studies with a strong focus on China and/or Asia (Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia)

- or a background in social sciences (law, economics, political sciences, geography, sociology, international relations) with interest in issues of international business and management.

 

Main Tasks include

• Teaching in her/his fields of competence in ESSCA programmes in Shanghai (teaching language: English)
• Contributing, according to her/his fields of expertise, to ESSCA’s research activities

Applications are particularly invited from academics who

• are fluent in English and have at least basic skills in other Asian languages
• have basic experience and take pleasure in teaching
• are willing to collaborate in  joint research and publication  
• are real team-players and open to interdisciplinary approaches
• have an international spirit and state of mind

Conditions

The Fellowship provides a competitive package which includes international airfare, pre-departure briefing, language tutoring, support in the field, free accommodation in Shanghai, shared office space as well as a stipend for local living costs and support towards relevant teaching/research materials. Further employment opportunities are also potentially available for Fellows who have excelled during the programme. The exact duration of the Fellowship will be mutually agreed between the Fellow and ESSCA, the first starting date is expected from February 2009.

Application & further information

 

Interested candidates can contact ESSCA for informal information by writing to the Programme Director, Asst. Professor Wei SHEN ([log in to unmask]). Expressions of interest, including a full CV and a cover letter should be E-mailed to the same address preferably by 15 October 2008. For more information about the Fellowship programme, the application process, as well as ESSCA or ESAI, please do not hesitate to contact the Programme Director. Queries about living in Shanghai, can be directed to Mr Christophe ROUILLON, Director of ESAI Shanghai, by emailing to: [log in to unmask].

 

About the School

 

ESSCA is an independent, private institution, which is run by a foundation as a not-for-profit organisation. Its master in management degree was accredited in 2006 by the EPAS label for programme excellence delivered by the European Foundation for Management Development. ESSCA will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2009: www.essca.fr .