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Department of Sociology
Assistant Professor in Sociology (Human Rights and Politics)
Salary is no less than £54,984 (pay award pending) and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website
The post will commence in September 2019.
The Department of Sociology at LSE seeks to hire one outstanding Assistant Professor in Human Rights and Politics to add to our internationally renowned, innovative and publicly engaged faculty. The post holder is expected to contribute to teaching and research in Human Rights and Politics.
You will have a completed PhD, or be close to obtaining a PhD, in sociology or a relevant social science field by the post start date; Expertise and research interests in the relationship between human rights and politics; 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 top journals or with leading book publishers; and a clear, well developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications.
You should also have the ability to teach Human Rights and Politics at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels and be able to make contributions to other areas of teaching 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 incentive scheme 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 document, job description and the person specification.
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 22 October, 2018 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.