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Department of Sociology

Assistant Professor in Sociology (Human Rights and Politics)

Salary is no less than £55,974 per annum (pay award pending) and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website

The post will commence in September 2021.

The Department of Sociology at LSE seeks to hire an outstanding Assistant Professor to add to our internationally renowned, innovative and publicly engaged faculty. The post holder will join the multidisciplinary teaching team on our graduate programmes in Human Rights, and Human Rights and Politics, and make a distinctive contribution to the department’s research profile in these fields.

You will have a completed PhD in Sociology or closely related discipline by the post start date; a track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications in Sociology or cognate disciplines; proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications, or potential to publish in high-quality academic journals or with leading book publishers; and a clear, well developed and viable strategy for future research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications.

We encourage applications from candidates undertaking innovative research in one or more of the following areas – human rights and critical legal studies, social justice and human rights practice, approaches to human rights/international law from the Global South, technology and human rights, environment and human rights. Applications from scholars with regional expertise in East Asia, Latin America and/or sub-Saharan Africa are especially welcome. You will demonstrate a developing record of publications in refereed journals, and a commitment to academic research.

You should have the ability to conduct high-quality research-led teaching at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels and make contributions to other areas of education and student support in the Department as appropriate.

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.

For further information about the Department of Sociology, please visit our website

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/sociology/

In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research grants policy with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply How To Apply, Job Description.pdf, Person Specification.pdf.

To apply for this post, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/LSEJobs. 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 l.m.lawrence@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 11 January 2021 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.