The University of La Rioja announces two permanent labor faculty positions

The University of La Rioja has announced a merit-based competition to fill two Permanent Labor Professor positions assigned to the departments of Education Sciences and Economics and Business. The call is published in the Official Gazette of La Rioja number 187, dated September 29, 2026, with the official reference BOR-A-20260929-II–1108 and document number 202609250124648.

The resolution is signed by the Rector of the University of La Rioja —with the signature delegated to the Secretary General, Alfonso Agudo Ruiz, by Rectoral Resolution 682/2025, dated May 13— in Logroño on September 16, 2026, following the agreement of the university’s Governing Council on July 1, 2026, and once communication has been made to the Government of La Rioja. The positions are part of the 2024 Public Employment Offer for Teaching and Research Staff, approved by agreement on May 30, 2024, and published via Resolution 642/2024, dated June 25 (BOR of June 28).

The process is governed by Organic Law 2/2023, of March 22, on the University System; Decree 2/2026, of February 10, which regulates the legal and remunerative regime of the labor teaching and research staff of the University of La Rioja (BOR of February 12); the university Statutes; and the Regulations for the selection of Permanent Labor Professors, approved by the Governing Council on October 16, 2025.

Two full-time positions

• Position 10/2026: department of Education Sciences, area of Developmental and Educational Psychology, full-time dedication.
• Position 11/2026: department of Economics and Business, area of Applied Economics, full-time dedication.

Both appear in Annex I of the resolution, which details the teaching and research profile for each position.

Requirements and application deadline

Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and provide accreditation of the evaluation or favorable report of their activity for this contractual modality or for that of Contracted Doctor, issued by the National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation (ANECA) or by the external evaluation body determined by the Autonomous Community of La Rioja. Spanish nationality is also required —or that of a member state of the European Union in the provided cases—, functional capacity, being at least 16 years of age and not exceeding 70, and not being in a state of disqualification.

• Deadline: fifteen days from the day following the publication in the Official Gazette of La Rioja.
• Submission: Electronic Office of the University of La Rioja, procedure “Application for Teaching and Research Staff position”, with a valid electronic certificate or CUASI.
• Fee: 30 euros; 15 euros for university staff providing services there during the application period.
• Documentation: identity document, proof of payment, doctoral degree, and accreditation of the evaluation.

Two tests and selection committees

The competition consists of two tests, with a minimum of 50% of the maximum score required in each:

• First test: presentation of the curriculum vitae and the teaching and research project, with a maximum of 90 minutes and a subsequent debate of up to two hours; valued up to 80 points.
• Second test: presentation of a topic from the program chosen by the candidate, with a maximum of one hour and another hour of debate; valued up to 20 points.

The committees are listed in Annex II: the one for position 10/2026 is chaired by Rebeca Aritio Solana, from the University of La Rioja, and the one for position 11/2026 by Diego Sesma Martín, also from the University of La Rioja. The period between the publication of the call and the resolution of the competition may not exceed four months, with August as a non-working month, extendable for justified reasons by another four months.

The call opens a path to stability for teaching and research staff seeking to consolidate their careers in the public university of La Rioja, and arrives with defined profiles in two areas of sustained demand, namely Developmental and Educational Psychology and Applied Economics. Interested parties have a brief period of fifteen days to formalize their candidacy electronically.

Source: Official Gazette of La Rioja, no. 187, September 29, 2026, section II. Authorities and Personnel, pp. 16421-16429 (official reference: BOR-A-20260929-II–1108 / 202609250124648).