Assistant Professor in International Social and Public Policy

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As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and those of Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic backgrounds. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience relative to the role.

Salary is no less than £64,552 per annum inclusive and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website 

The post will commence in September 2025

Outstanding candidates whose research sits within international social and public policy, broadly defined, are invited to apply. We are particularly interested in those working on housing (and issues of insecurity and sustainability) and policy and/or those with substantive expertise in Latin American policy contexts, but we will consider excellent candidates working on other areas of international social and public policy. Our department is multi-disciplinary with scholars from Anthropology, Criminology, Demography, Development Studies, Economics, History, International Relations, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Social Policy, and Sociology. As a mixed methods department, we value diversity of research methodology and epistemology.

Candidates will have:

• A completed PhD (or be close to obtaining one) in social and public policy or a related area by the post start date;
• A track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications in social and public policy;
• Proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications, or potential to publish in top journals or with leading book publishers;
• A clear, well developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research in social and public policy that has the potential to result in world-leading publications;
• The ability to teach core and specialist courses in international social and public policy at BSc and MSc levels, to supervise PhD students in international social and public policy; and
• A commitment to high quality teaching and fostering a positive learning environment for students, including pastoral care.

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research grants policy with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification, as well as the further information document.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button, above.

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Should you have any queries about the role, please email socialpolicy.recruitment@lse.ac.uk in the first instance. 

The closing date for receipt of applications is 2 December 2024 (23.59 UK time).

We are unable to accept any late applications. We expect to interview shortlisted candidates in mid-February 2025.

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