Assistant Professor x2 (109161-0524)

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Ulf Liebe at Sociology-HoD@warwick.ac.uk. 

2x Full time, permanent positions:

1. Gender & Sexuality

2. Critical Criminology & Justice.

We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis, even where a position is advertised as full-time, unless there are operational or other objective reasons why it is not possible to do so.

To support the continued growth and success of the Department of Sociology at the University of Warwick, we are looking to appoint two new Assistant Professors in Sociology. The successful candidates will be joining one of the UK’s leading Sociology Departments. The Department was ranked 10th in the 2021 REF.

The successful candidates will excel at research-led teaching and contribute to the successful development and delivery of the department’s undergraduate and postgraduate Sociology, Criminology, and interdisciplinary programmes. They will have the ability to teach in core areas of Sociology (including social theory and/or research methods) with specific expertise in the following areas:

• Post 1: gender and sexuality (particularly to support our new MA in Gender and Sexuality and our existing MA in Gender and International Development).

• Post 2: critical criminology and justice. (We welcome critical approaches to criminology that consider questions of social justice and/or global perspectives. We particularly encourage applications from those researching media & cultural criminology, green criminology, borders and/or state and corporate violence.)

We are one of the top Departments of Sociology, both nationally and globally. As you explore these pages we hope you will see that we are a thriving community of academic staff, research staff, students and support staff in a university with a global profile and reputation. As part of the Faculty of Social Sciences we work closely with colleagues in Politics and International Studies, Philosophy, Law and History in both our teaching and research.

We are a Department that is known nationally and internationally for its excellence in teaching and research. Over the past few years we have been able to appoint a wide range of new staff at all stages of their careers and this has allowed us to develop both our existing research strengths as well as to address new issues of relevance to the world around us.

All our academic staff have active and evolving research profiles and are involved in networks of academics such as the British Sociological Association, European Sociological Association, International Sociological Association and the American Sociological Association. A number are involved in editing some of the key journals in the discipline as well as in related disciplines.

The Department takes pride in being an integral part of Warwick’s unrivalled undergraduate education experience, both through our own programmes as well as in joint programmes with related disciplines. Since we were established in 1970 we have produced a large number of graduates, and our students have gone on to use their sociological training to develop a broad range of careers. We are also aware that apart from their careers our students have gone on to make important contributions to their communities.

We have a number of MA and MSc taught programmes that attract students who want to continue their sociological education beyond the undergraduate level. These programmes are being developed in new directions and we are also looking to develop some new programmes in the near future.

In addition we have a large community of PhD students who are supervised in their doctoral research within the Department. We place great importance on this aspect of our role and welcome students from all over the world to become part of our PhD programmes.

We also have a commitment to teaching and research that spans disciplinary boundaries. This aspect of our work is reflected in a number of joint undergraduate programmes we teach with related departments. More importantly many colleagues in the department work across disciplinary boundaries in their own research and teaching and this helps our students to experience both a sociological education as well as gain insights from other social science and humanities disciplines.

You will also notice that alongside its regular teaching programmes the department facilitates lively discussions of research through regular seminars, workshops and conferences. All academic staff are active in disseminating their research through academic conferences and networks as well as in impact related activities that are focused on addressing the relevance of our research to wider social and cultural questions.

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**. 

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

*QS World University Rankings 2024

** Research Excellence Framework 2021

To find out more about us visit our website.

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 16 June 2024 at 11.45pm

To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date. Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 11.30pm).

Please attach a CV and cover letter.

• Your CV should include your most recent employment experience, any other relevant experience, and education history.
• Your cover letter must detail how you meet each of the essential criteria found in the Job Description document below (desirable criteria too, where possible).

Please see below a guide on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and giving examples below, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.

To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications via our official website, warwick-careers.tal.net.

Interview Date: TBC

Start Date: TBC

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities. 

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here. 

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment.  We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued.  Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding. 

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here. 

The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance. 

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