"Professor (B) in Health Design"

Department: School of Business

Vacancy ID: 040184

Closing Date: 06-Apr-2026

Maynooth University seeks an outstanding academic to join our staff as Professor (B) in Health Design. This is an opportunity for you to shape our research, teaching and impact in the field of Health Design. You will be embedded in a large community of design and business academics, and our growing field of Health and Wellbeing across the University. This role fits into a strategy of sustained investment and growth in capacity in both Design Innovation and the School of Business, resulting in growth in education programmes, research grants, research impact and multiple awards by students (e.g. Dyson Innovation awards) and staff for their work. This is one of three new Health and Wellbeing Professorships in the Faculty of Social Sciences, as part of our commitment to deepen capacity and impact in this field.

The University is making a strategic investment in the field of Health and Wellbeing, involving creation of new education programmes, and widening our research impact in this field. Together, the Health and Wellbeing Professors will collaborate across Departments, Schools and the wider University to strengthen interdisciplinary research, education and engagement, and to maximise collective societal impact in this area.

Salary:

Professor B Salary scale (2025): €105,554 - €141,089 p.a. (6 points)

Appointments will be made in accordance with public sector pay provisions.

Closing Date:

23:30hrs (local Irish time) on Monday 6th of April 2026

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified above. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Late applications will not be accepted.