Research Fellow in Historical Criminology

Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Contract Type: Fixed term for 36 months

See current salary scales.

Expected Interview date: TBC

Expected start date: June 2025

About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Research Fellow on a Leverhulme Trust funded project entitled ‘Imagining Race, Crime and Justice in Sailortown, 1870-1939’ (RPG-2025-044). This project focuses on the history of race, crime and justice in London, Liverpool and Glasgow. The co-investigator is Dr Esmorie Miller at Lancaster University. You will work directly with principal investigator Professor Lizzie Seal to carry out research from digitised newspapers and genealogical websites. You will design, create and maintain a database of cases. You will also write material for, and update, a project website.

About you

You will hold a PhD in an area relevant to the project such as historical criminology, crime history, the history of race or urban history. You will have experience of the design, creation and maintenance of databases for historical research. You will also have experience of conducting historical research.

About our Department

The Dept of Sociology and Criminology a well-established and successful research-led department with a record of excellence in research assessment exercises and in teaching. We are home to 35 faculty and around 450 students at any one time. We have two thriving Masters programmes in Gender Studies and Criminology which both recruit between 15 and 20 students each in any given year. We have a diverse research culture and diverse research interests with clusters of expertise in the fields of ethnicity and migration, health, social class and social theory. We have aim to push the boundaries of research and of research-led teaching. We performed well in the last NSS, improving our scores in almost every category from the previous year. Our research (as submitted to UoA21, Sociology) was assessed overall to be 45% ‘world leading’ (4*) and 40% ‘internationally excellent’ (3*). In particular, 100% of our impact case studies were assessed as outstanding (4*).

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Why work here

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Further Key Information

Please contact Professor Lizzie Seal, e.c.seal@sussex.ac.uk for informal enquiries.

For full details and how to apply please click the 'Apply' button, above.

The University of Sussex is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from Black and minority ethnic candidates.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK. 

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