Lecturer in Humanities Data Science

The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton are looking for a Lecturer in Humanities Data Science to join our team of dedicated researchers and educators, and to lead on our new MSc Digital Humanities (Data Science) which launches in Autumn 2025.

The School of Humanities at the University of Southampton encompasses a diverse range of subjects providing high-quality teaching within a vibrant research and enterprise culture. Southampton Digital Humanities contribute to that environment by enabling staff and students across the School of Humanities to take digital and computational approaches to the humanities teaching, research, and enterprise.

You will have a PhD or equivalent professional qualification in digital humanities, computational humanities, or an aligned subject area. You will also have a growing and consistent reputation for research and education that takes computational approaches to humanities questions and problems (e.g. data/text mining, cultural analytics, network or geospatial analysis, machine learning, image/sound processing). You will have a track record of excellence in the development and delivery of teaching, ideally including experience of programme leadership in an educational context. While we welcome applications from those working in any area of computational humanities, we are particularly interested in candidates whose work engages with social and/or environmental justice.

You will join a team of dedicated educators, researchers, and technicians supported by recent investment in Digital Humanities expertise, estate, and resources. Notable among these is our Digital Humanities Hub, an infrastructure that supports study, research, and enterprise, is a hub for expertise and critique, and provides access to technologies that enable us to capture, compute, and create in new ways.

A founding member of the prestigious Russell Group, the University of Southampton has a global reputation for its passion and ability to work collaboratively in delivering world-class education, research and innovation that makes a proven impact on society’s greatest challenges. We are a top 100 global university (QS World Rankings, 2023) and we are top 20 in the UK (Complete University Guide, 2023). We bring people and ideas together to achieve the remarkable. We provide the environment, the support, and the challenge for them to realise their fullest potential.

This position will be offered on a full time, permanent basis.

For an informal discussion of the post, please contact Professor James Baker (Director of Digital Humanities) by email at j.w.baker@soton.ac.uk.

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