Assistant Professor of Risk and Insurance

Job Summary:

The Department of Risk and Insurance at the Wisconsin School of Business invites applications at all ranks (Assistant, Associate, Full Professors) for a position to start August 18, 2025.

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE)-Artificial Intelligence (AI) cluster hire initiative (https://rise.wisc.edu/rise-ai/). The candidate's tenure home will be in the Risk and Insurance department at the Wisconsin School of Business, and the candidate will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools, and colleges. The Risk and Insurance Department is excited to add a thought leader who expands our expertise on the role of AI, with applications to topics in risk and insurance. Some potential areas of research focus we have identified include the regulation and ethics of AI, Insure-tech and evolving risk and insurance business models leveraging AI, and advances in actuarial techniques using AI and related technologies.

The Risk and Insurance Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is one of the oldest such programs in the country, dating back to the 1930s. Our faculty comes from a range of fields, including economics, risk management and insurance, actuarial science, and statistics. While we are united by interests related to the management of risk and insurance, the umbrella of our research scope is broad. You do not need to be an "insurance scholar" to fit in our department. We offer undergraduate majors in actuarial science and risk management and insurance, which are both consistently ranked among the best in the world. We also offer a PhD program in Insurance Economics & Actuarial Analytics as well as a Capstone Certificate in Actuarial Science. Our faculty also teach and play important roles in the school's business analytics programs, including the Masters of Science in Business Analytics program, a new online Masters of Science in Data, Insights, and Analytics, as well as the school's Full-time and Professional MBA programs. We are also proud to be part of a great university with excellent resources available to both faculty and students. Our faculty in particular have strong connections and collaborations with faculty throughout campus in departments such as economics, engineering, public policy, population health and statistics.

The Wisconsin School of Business is growing and thriving and we offer highly competitive salaries. Madison, Wisconsin is a lively and wonderful place to live with a beautiful university campus on the shores of Lake Mendota. Come and join us!

Responsibilities:

- Create and maintain a strong program of research.
- Provide classroom and individual instruction for undergraduate and graduate degree-seeking students.
- Contribute to the intellectual and academic life of the department, school, and university, as appropriate.
- Participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges

Institutional Statement on Diversity:

Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

For more information on diversity and inclusion on campus, please visit: Diversity and Inclusion

Education:

Required
PhD in actuarial science, computer science, economics, finance, legal studies, risk management and insurance, statistics or related field required by start date.

Qualifications:

Candidates with a new or anticipated PhD degree will have a research program underway that will likely result in publications in top-tier journals and demonstrable skills that suggest future excellence in teaching.

Work Type:

Full Time: 100%

It is anticipated this position requires work be performed in-person, onsite, at a designated campus work location.

Appointment Type, Duration:

Ongoing/Renewable

Anticipated Begin Date:

AUGUST 18, 2025

Salary:

Negotiable
ACADEMIC (9 months)
The employee in this position can expect to receive generous benefits such as competitive insurances and savings accounts; retirement benefits.

Additional Information:

This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation a