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

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

Salary is no less than £61,446 per annum (pay award pending) and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website

The Department of Methodology is a leading centre for research and education in social science research methods. The Department has a thriving and diverse interdisciplinary research culture, with its members advancing research in core social science disciplines as well as in research methodology and applied data science. It leads the provision of research methods education to students across the range of disciplines at LSE (including Psychology, Political Science, International Relations, Management, Development Studies, Social Policy, Media & Communications, Geography & Environment, Sociology, and others). Data science is a current area of growth and innovation. The Department is recruiting... an Assistant Professor with expertise in Qualitative Research Methodology.

The post holder will contribute to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in outstanding teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School and wider Department activities.

Candidates should have completed a PhD by the post start date and have research expertise in a relevant social science discipline and in qualitative research methodology. They should have a track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications and a clear, well developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. They should have the ability to offer high quality teaching of a range of qualitative research methods to multi-disciplinary groups of students, and the potential to add one or more new postgraduate methods courses that complement our current offerings. They should have excellent written and oral communication skills, including an ability to place their specialist work within a broader social science context.

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 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 collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any tech nical 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 p.sturgis@lse.ac.uk

The closing date for receipt of applications is 13th October 2024 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.

£61,446 per annum

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