Research Fellow in Politics and International Relations

The University of Southampton


Politics & Worldwide Relations

Location:  

Highfield Campus

Wage:  


£34,980 to £42,978
Every year

Full Time Fastened Time period for twenty-four months

Closing Date:  

Wednesday 21 February 2024

Interview Date:  


Thursday 18 April 2024

Reference:  

2597624CC

Be a part of a thriving analysis, schooling, and information alternate tradition

Purposes are invited for 2 Analysis Fellows in Politics and Worldwide Relations to assist a serious growth supported by the College from 2023/24 onwards that can additional strengthen the thriving analysis, schooling and information alternate tradition of the Division of Politics and Worldwide Relations (PAIR) on the College of Southampton. The division has a world-leading popularity for its analysis in democratic governance and world political society, throughout areas akin to political belief, democratic improvements, comparative politics, political psychology, environmental justice, world well being, migration, and improvement. It has a powerful popularity within the utility of cutting-edge analysis strategies, starting from political ethnography to experimental social science. 

PAIR is at the moment residence to a number of main UKRI and ERC grants, and hosts holders of British Academy Postdoctoral and Leverhulme Belief Early Profession Fellowships, and the Jean Monnet Chair in European Safety Governance. The College of Southampton is within the prime 1% of world Universities and one of many UK’s prime 15 analysis–intensive universities. It hosts the ESRC Nationwide Centre for Analysis Strategies and ESRC South Coast Doctoral Coaching Partnership.  

You’ll contribute to the planning, improvement and writing of analysis funding purposes, each independently and in collaboration with different researchers and analysis teams inside the Division. You’ll show proof of analysis grant writing and funding in search of methods. We’re notably searching for candidates who can have interaction with and assist grant purposes in current areas of analysis energy: 

•        Migration

•        World well being

•        Gender and illustration

•        Democracy, governance and belief

•        Political psychology

•        Democratic improvements and digital politics

•        Battle and safety

You’ll share our ambition for producing world-leading and agenda-setting analysis and securing main grants and fellowships from nationwide and worldwide funders, enjoying an energetic half in our educational group. You’ll share our aspirations to foster and keep a collegiate, supportive, and inclusive tradition of analysis and schooling. 

You should have an rising nationwide and worldwide popularity, publish in internationally main educational journals, and have proven willingness to interact in ‘information alternate’ that interprets your analysis into observe by way of coverage, civil society, media, or different types of exterior engagement.

The Faculty of Financial, Social and Political Sciences is dedicated to selling equality and variety and holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award demonstrating this dedication. We strongly encourage purposes from candidates from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, individuals who establish as LGBTQ+, folks with disabilities and people from poorer/much less educationally advantaged backgrounds.

As a part of our dedication to supporting our analysis group we’re open to versatile working. We give full consideration to candidates that want to work flexibly together with part-time and those that have taken a profession break. We are also proud to not too long ago have been awarded the Race high quality Constitution Bronze award, the place we now have been counseled for our dedication to enhance race equality throughout the College group.

For additional data, you might be welcome to contact the Head of Division of Politics & Worldwide Relations, Professor Pia Riggirozzi ([email protected]), or the Affiliate Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Professor Will Jennings ([email protected]).

Additional particulars:

As a college we goal to create an surroundings the place everybody can thrive and are proactive in fostering a tradition of inclusion, respect and equality of alternative. We imagine that we are able to solely actually meet our goals if we’re reflective of society, so we’re keen about making a working surroundings during which you might be free to carry your complete self to work. With a beneficiant vacation allowance in addition to extra college closure days we’re dedicated to supporting our workers and college students and open to a versatile working method.

Apply by midnight on the cut-off date. For help contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job quantity.

View or Apply
To assist us observe our recruitment effort, please point out in your cowl/motivation letter the place (globalvacancies.org) you noticed this job posting.

Job Location