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Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES) selected by Case Western Reserve University for Inamori Professor in Ethics and Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence Search

(October 7, 2026, WEST HARTFORD, CT) Academic Career & Executive Search (ACES), a leading higher education focused executive search firm, has been selected to recruit the next Inamori Professor in Ethics and Director of the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence (Inamori Center) at Case Western Reserve University.  Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, will be leading the search.

Case Western Reserve is accepting candidates across all disciplines, with particular interest in research focused on the ethics of artificial intelligence, technology, and neuroscience, that engages the humanities, engineering and/or medicine. The position will include a faculty appointment in one of the CWRU academic departments, at the rank of full professor with tenure, with approximately 75% of the role dedicated to leadership of the Center.

For an accomplished scholar energized by interdisciplinary engagement, this is a distinctive opportunity to shape the next chapter of the Inamori Center, which for 20 years has served as the interdisciplinary hub for ethics at CWRU, advancing a university-wide mission with global reach. The successful candidate will have latitude to develop and advance a compelling strategic vision for the Center, expand its impact across CWRU and beyond, and advance scholarship, teaching, partnerships, and dialogue around consequential ethical questions while maintaining an active scholarly agenda.

This is an on-campus appointment in Cleveland, Ohio, reporting to the Vice Provost for Interdisciplinary and International Initiatives.

Established in 2006 through a transformational gift from the Inamori Foundation, the Inamori International Center for Ethics and Excellence advances the study and practice of ethics at Case Western Reserve University and beyond. The Center works across academic disciplines and with local and global partners to promote ethical leadership and address complex ethical questions through scholarship, education, student experiences, and public dialogue. In addition to the Inamori Ethics Prize, the Center supports faculty scholarship, curricular and co-curricular initiatives, student mentorship, service-learning opportunities, and public programming.

As the fastest-growing research university in the United States, Case Western Reserve University is a force in career-defining education and life-changing research. Across our campus, more than 12,000 students from around the world converge to seek knowledge, find solutions and accelerate their impact. CWRU’s programs span a wide range of fields, but the spaces of their convergence is where we thrive: where law meets management, engineering meets entrepreneurship, arts meets science, and medicine, nursing, dentistry and social work unite to improve human health. And with our location in Cleveland, Ohio—a hub of cultural, business and healthcare activity—our students gain unparalleled access to academic, research, clinical and entrepreneurial opportunities that prepare them to join our network of more than 128,000 alumni worldwide.

 

Affordable Excellence 

Academic Career & Executive Search, a higher education focused search firm, specializes in affordable excellence, providing perfectly matched candidates to institutions quickly and accurately. Their methodologies, based on frequent touchpoints, pinpoint ideal candidates with speed and meticulous care resulting in highly successful placements.

They offer flexible service/pricing levels for all positions, ensuring affordability.

Contact Jennifer Muller, Managing Partner, at 860-740-2600 or Jennifer@ACESrch.com, or visit https://acesrch.com/.