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Assistant Professor in Political Science

Employer
London School of Economics and Political Science
Location
United Kingdom (GB)
Salary
The salary scale starts at £58,519 per annum and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website
Date posted
Sep 30, 2022

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

For this post, we particularly welcome applications from women and people from minority ethnic communities.

Assistant Professor in Political Science

The salary scale starts at £58,519 per annum and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website.

Salaries will be on the appropriate salary scale and will be commensurate with experience, taking into account pay equity within the department.

We are recruiting for a new career-track Assistant Professor in Political Science, with a specialism in Political Economy. Candidates should have empirical research and teaching interests in Political Economy. The post holder will add to our existing strengths in this area. We welcome candidates with expertise in any region, country or set of issues.

Candidates should have excellent written and oral communication skills, the ability to teach political economy at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and the ability to establish international reputation in political economy.

Candidates must have an emerging research record and trajectory in political economy, evidenced by existing publications or the potential to publish articles in highly rated academic journals and/or books with leading academic presses. The successful candidates should have, or be close to obtaining (by September 2023), a PhD in Political Science or a closely related discipline.

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 incentive scheme with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a world-class research environment and excellent support, training, and development opportunities.

The post will commence September 2023.

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 Gov.HoD@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is the 2 October 2022 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Apply link: https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2662/0/360023/15539/assistant-professor-political-science-pspe

 

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