Assistant Professorial Research Fellow in Innovative Pedagogy

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university

As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and those of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic backgrounds as they are currently under-represented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience relative to the role.

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

This is a fixed term appointment for 24 months.

The International Inequalities Institute (III) is one of the world’s leading research centres on inequality, its causes, and consequences. The Atlantic Fellows for Social and Economic Equity (AFSEE) programme, housed at  III, is a fellowship programme established in 2016, bringing together research, education, and practice. Its 20-year mission is to create a community of changemakers coming from across the globe that are working to address social and/or economic inequalities. The programme supports and encourages dialogue and collaboration between a range of stakeholders including academics, activists, artists, practitioners, and policy makers to develop new thinking, ideas, and approaches to tackling social and economic inequalities.

We wish to recruit an Assistant Professorial Research Fellow for a 24-month post to conduct original research on innovative pedagogy. Based in the AFSEE programme, the postholder will be expected to research, review, and strengthen AFSEE’s pedagogy, to identify good practice and develop insights that can be applied in the teaching of AFSEE modules, across LSE, the Atlantic community and in the wider higher education sector.  The post holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the School more broadly through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research on innovative pedagogy, working collaboratively with education experts at LSE and participating in wider AFSEE and III activities.

Candidates should have:

• A completed PhD in education or relevant social science field by the post start date
• Expertise and research interests in innovative pedagogy
• A track record of research experience in higher education or adult learning contexts
• Experience in evaluating educational interventions such as curriculum design and pedagogical approaches
• Understanding of decolonial approaches to education

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 occupational pension scheme, a collegial 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.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email III manager E.Ryan@lse.ac.uk.

The closing date for receipt of applications is Thursday 02 January 2025 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews are likely to be held on 15^th January 2025.

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