Lecturer in Economics

City St George’s, University of London is the University of business, practice and the professions and brings together the expertise and excellence of City, University of London and St George’s, University of London into one institution.

The combined university is one of the largest suppliers of the health workforce in the capital, as well as one of the largest higher education destinations for London students.

Combining a breadth of disciplines across health, business, law, creativity, communications, science and technology, we are creating a ‘health powerhouse’ for students, researchers, the NHS and partners in uniting a world-leading specialist health university. We are now one of the UK’s largest health educators, where staff and students have access to an expanded team of brilliant academic and professional services colleagues, combined resources and facilities and more interdisciplinary opportunities.

The merger creates opportunities to generate significant change in the world of healthcare including changes to treatment, population health monitoring, workforce development and leadership, policy, and advocacy.

Background

The School of Policy and Global Affairs is an internationally excellent centre of research and learning on the human condition. It is home to over 2,500 students and 100 staff across three departments: Economics, Sociology and Criminology, and International Politics.

The Department of Economics excels in research and education, specializing in microeconomics, behavioural, public, macro, and financial economics. Over 90% of our research output is rated as internationally excellent. Our work is at the frontier of practice with over 80% of our impact rated as internationally excellent.

We offer research-led education to 1,500 students at undergraduate and post-graduate level, focusing on employability, transferable skills, and social mobility. Our growing PhD programme is part of the South-East Network for Social Sciences (SeNSS) Doctoral Training Partnerships, funded by the ESRC. More information is available at hhttps://www.city.ac.uk/about/schools/policy-global-affairs/economics

Responsibilities

The Department seeks to appoint up to two academics as Lecturer. Candidates should demonstrate ability to produce world-leading research, attract external funding, engage with engage with a wide variety of stakeholders, and deliver outstanding education. You will also supervise students and contribute to administrative duties at various levels.

Person Specification

Candidates should be educated to PhD in Economics or related fields at time of appointment and have substantive plans for future research and grant applications. We welcome applications from all major fields in Economics and Finance.

Additional Information

Closing date for applications: 8th January 2025 at 11:59pm.

Interviews are scheduled to take place in February.

The selection process will involve an interview and a presentation. Further details will be confirmed at the interview stage.

To apply and for more information about the post please use the links below.

City St George’s offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

City St George’s, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.

We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

City St George’s operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.

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