2009-05-20

Scandinavian Politics: Lectureship in European Politics

Claudio Radaelli at the University of Exeter has alerted me to the
vacancy detailed below, which he reckons might be of interest to
Scandinavian Politics group members.

Nick Aylott.
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Dr Nicholas Aylott, senior lecturer (docent) in political science
School of Social Sciences, Södertörn University
SE-141 89 Huddinge, Sweden
www.sh.se/samhallsvetenskaper

Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be
interested. To join the Scandinavian Politics mailing list, send a
message to me, the convenor (nicholas.aylott@sh.se). If you want to send
something to the list, or if you don't want to receive these occasional
messages, just let me know. See also www.psa.ac.uk/scandinavia/


The Department of Politics at the University of Exeter seeks to appoint
a full time fixed-term lecturer for three-years, to support its
research-led strategy for growth. Since 2002, the Department of Politics
doubled in size to 31 members staff and it has established itself as a
centre for leading international research in Politics and International
Relations and is among the top 10 departments in the UK based on RAE
2008 - 6th for world leading research (scored 4), 9th for research of
international excellence (scored 3 or better) and 10th on GPA across all
elements.

Detailed information about the Department and our research/teaching can
be found at: http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/politics/index.htm

Fixed-term full-time Lecturer (three years) in the Department of Politics

We invite applications for a 3 year lecturer post in any subfield of
political science and international relations but are particularly
interested in areas were the department would like to expand such as
international political economy (critical, quantitative or
qualitative-comparative), comparative politics, organizational studies,
and political psychology. The successful candidate will be expected to
contribute to the teaching of core modules on EU institutions at the UG
and MA level and to take part in the implementation of the activities of
the Centre for European Governance by taking responsibility for the
organization of a seminar series during term-time. The latter is a
university-recognized centre and a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence,
hosting two Jean Monnet Chairs.

Applicants should have a completed PhD, in political science or related
field, and have a proven record of, or clear potential to produce,
published research of international excellence and generate research
income. The successful candidates will also be expected to develop
research grant applications, individually or in departmental teams. We
have a pro-active mentoring system in the department and a collegial
approach to developing research projects and planning publications.

The department is committed to research skills training at all levels of
teaching and candidates with advanced training and experience in
research methods are highly desirable.

The starting salary will be in the range £31,513 - £35,469 pa.

This post is available from 1 September 2009

Informal enquires to Professor Susan Banducci, Head of Politics: Tel 00
44 (0)1392 263170; email s.a.banducci@exeter.ac.uk.

Application packs are available from
http://www.admin.ex.ac.uk/personnel/jobs/T11N2033.pdf

e-mail hradmin@exeter.ac.uk; quoting reference number T11N2033.

The closing date for completed applications is 12 noon 3 June 2009.

The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer and promotes
diversity in its workforce and, whilst all applicants will be judged on
merit alone, is particularly keen to consider applications from groups
currently underrepresented in the workforce.

Please contact: hradmin@exeter.ac.uk <mailto:hradmin@exeter.ac.uk>

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