Tenured Faculty Position in Sustainability
- Abell Hodgson Chair in Regenerative Agriculture

Appointment Type: Tenured

Rank: Associate Professor or above rank

Number of Positions: 1

Posting Date: October 29, 2026

Closing Date to Apply: November 28, 2026

Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2027

Vacancy Disclosure Statement: This position is an existing vacancy

Position Profile

The successful applicant will serve as the Chair in Abell Hodgson Chair in Regenerative Agriculture at the Centre for Building Sustainable Value within Ivey Business School. The Chair’s mandate is to advance research and practice in food and agriculture. The insights will be disseminated widely, including through journal publications, national and international conferences, symposiums, websites, and teaching. The long-term ambition of the Chair is to improve agricultural practices and, in time, advance the sustainability of food production. Topics of study could include, but are not limited to: Farm level competitiveness, regional farming communities, and broader agri-food systems.

The successful candidate will sustain an active, internationally recognized research program in agriculture and can bring leading-edge research into the classroom at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Teaching responsibilities will be in sustainability. The candidate should be comfortable with teaching using the case method and experiential methods. Beyond research and teaching, the Chair will be expected to engage industry and help catalyze regenerative practices.

Qualifications or Experience Required

Research

Applicants must possess a PhD in business or closely related discipline that links strongly to food and agriculture. This can include, but is not limited to, accounting, analytics, finance, management,



operations, strategy and sustainability, as well as others with an emphasis on organizations, such as geography, engineering and food science. The applicant must be engaged in an active and continuing research program and have demonstrated the ability to publish in the highest ranked journals in their discipline. Candidates must have a strong record of attracting external research funding (for example, Tri-Council grants or support from donors and foundations), receiving scholarly awards, and being invited to present at seminars and major conferences for both academic and practitioner audiences. The candidate will have demonstrated impact at the farm-, community-, or industry-levels of analysis.

Teaching

The successful applicant will have a strong record of teaching in their selected discipline and the ability to bring leading-edge research into teaching. The candidate must be willing to provide evidence of strong teaching outcomes, innovation in experiential learning, and student engagement. Prior experience supervising research with graduate students or post-doctoral fellows is expected.

Service

The successful applicant will demonstrate a robust record of service through evidence of connecting business practice with research, collaborating across academic units and disciplines, engaging effectively across geographic and cultural contexts,



and building relationships and partnerships that have produced meaningful outcomes.

Interpersonal/Communication

Applicants must demonstrate the ability to collaborate effectively with colleagues, students, and administrative staff within the Ivey Business School and the broader university community. The successful candidate will exhibit strong communication abilities, cultural competence, and the capacity to foster positive relationships across diverse groups.

The Ivey Business School’s mission

The Ivey Business School’s mission is to develop leaders who think globally, act strategically, and address critical issues facing organizations and society, through impactful research and transformative learning experiences. Sustainability is at the heart of Ivey and embedded in its purpose statement, which is to “Inspire leaders for a sustainable and prosperous world.” Sustainability runs through all core teaching programs, including HBA (Honours in Business Administration), MSc, MBA, and EMBA. There is also an elective course in sustainability for PhDs.

Ivey is Canada’s premier business school and is recognized globally for the quality of its research and management education. The School is internationally oriented in terms of research, curricula, faculty, and student exchanges, with campuses in London (Canada), Toronto and Hong Kong. Ivey is the world’s second largest producer of case studies.

The Centre for Building Sustainability Value

Since its inception in 2003, the BSV Centre has led research, teaching, and student activities at the Ivey Business School and globally. It houses the Network for Business Sustainability and Innovation North. It also engages in

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