Lecturer (fixed-term) in Environmental Policy

The role

The School of Geographical Sciences is seeking to recruit a 13-month fixed-term Lectureship in Environmental Policy. This is a primarily teaching-focused post, funded via a Leverhulme Trust award.

For this post, the School is interested in candidates with a background in human or environmental geography, political ecology, or science and technology studies, with specialist research expertise relating to contemporary issues in environmental politics and governance, including issues related to urban governance and development. Relevant issues might include the politics of climate change and net zero, energy transition, biodiversity loss, urban sustainability and resilience, nature restoration, or other prominent natural and built environmental problems associated with the Anthropocene. Candidates whose research focuses on interactions between science, diverse environmental knowledges, and policy-making processes, or which focuses on power relationships between governments, experts, corporations and citizens, would be especially well suited to the post. 

What will you be doing?

The appointed candidate will be expected to deliver the following teaching on our MSc Environmental Policy and Management programme:

100% of the core "Environmental Policy and Politics" PGT module

35% of "Sustainability, Risk, and Resilience in an Urban Age" PGT module

In addition, they will deliver a set of dissertation workshops for final-year undergraduate students, supervise UG & PGT dissertation projects, and participate in our pastoral tutorial and fieldtrip activities. This is a Pathway 3, teaching-focused post, but the appointed candidate will have opportunities to develop their research and scholarship, and will benefit from participating in the School’s thriving research environment.

You should apply if

In line with Leverhulme guidelines, applicants for this post should have completed their PhD. They will have demonstrated excellence in teaching in a relevant field at a level appropriate to your career stage.

Previous experience of supervising student research projects in human/environmental geography is also desirable.

Additional information

Contract type: Fixed term until 30/09/2026

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on 14/05/25

Interviews are anticipated to take place in the last two weeks of May 2025

For informal queries, please contact:

Prof John Wylie (geog-hod@bristol.ac.uk)

Dr James Palmer (james.palmer@bristol.ac.uk )

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