In accordance with the Global Engagement Strategy, LUISS Guido Carli promotes the exchange of its faculty members with its partner universities. LUISS is accepting applications from internal units who would like to nominate outstanding international scholars and researchers for up to 15 International Chairs at LUISS Departments of:

• Business and Management
• Economics and Finance
• Law
• Political Science

The purpose of this program is to enhance academic cooperation (e.g. fostering students exchange, other scholars exchange, Double Degree, and joint research programs) between LUISS and other internationally renowned universities or research institutions, with priority to the ones in Benelux, China, France, Hong Kong, Russia, Scandinavia, Scotland, Singapore, South Korea, UK, USA, Vietnam.

This call is subject to confirmation of funding for 2018 and 2019.

Applicants

LUISS Professors, in accordance with their Departments/Schools, can apply for this call, indicating the proposed partner university. 

The faculty members organizing the exchange shall be responsible for nominating an incoming international chair and an outgoing LUISS professor (applicants can nominate themselves as outgoing professors). 

Applicants must also provide the following information with regard to the prospective holder of the international chair:

• Name
• CV
• Activities: details of the teaching program
• Period during which they would like to come to LUISS (Spring 2018 or Fall 2018 or Spring 2019)
• How long they would like to stay

For the purpose of this call, the following are considered LUISS faculty members:

• LUISS full professors
• LUISS associate professors
• LUISS researchers with teaching assignments

Prospective holders of international chairs are expected to:

• Stay at LUISS for a minimum of two weeks to up to four weeks, but longer visits can be arranged under special circumstances

• Give lectures and seminars which are fully consistent with the purpose of the program

In choosing the foreign University, applicants are asked to take into account not only the geographic areas as suggested by the GES, but the level of the current partnership with the foreign institution and the relevant procedure defining the partnership development as well. 

Please note that for each partner university only one International Chair may be accepted. 

With regard to reciprocity, the applicant will also need to provide name, CV, period (in accordance with their departments/schools) and other information for the prospective LUISS faculty member going to the partner university. 

The application should include all the information about the proposed holder of the international chair and of the proposed LUISS faculty member going to the partner university. Moreover, it should specify the teaching activity and partnership development plan, to be carried out and provide the related funding formula, according to specific agreements with the partner university.

Selection

A specific academic Commission will be created, in order to decide upon the selected candidates. The Commission will be chaired by the Deputy Rector, who will evaluate the applications together with the country leaders (or the Deans of the Departments).

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