McMaster University
Faculty of Social Sciences
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
The Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor
level whose focus will be Global Social Policy. The field of global
social policy examines the degree of globalization of social policy, the
social content of global politics and the impact of globalization on
nation-state social policies. It includes topics such as: the impact of
supranational organizations on the making of national social policy;
policy developments favouring global social redistribution of resources;
global social health policy-making; transnational labour regulation;
global social provision and empowerment; the role of international civil
society (transnational social movements and international NGOs) in
social policy areas; and the role of the business world in shaping the
global discourse on social policy and development.
The candidate should be capable of effective teaching and supervision at
the graduate level in the a Social Science Department such as, but not
limited to, Political Science, Social Work or Sociology, and be able to
provide a course on global social policy for the interdisciplinary MA in
Globalization Studies offered by the Institute on Globalization and the
Human Condition (IGHC). The candidate must also be able to contribute
effectively to the undergraduate programme in their disciplinary home
Department.
The candidate should have a PhD or be near completion and show promise
of excellence in teaching and research. The Faculty expects the person
who takes up the position to engage in an independent research programme
yielding significant peer-reviewed publications. McMaster has an
innovative and extensive Globalization research program housed in the
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
(http://globalization.mcmaster.ca/) and is the future home of the
journal Global Social Policy (http://www.gaspp.org/journal). The
successful candidate's programme of research should be complementary to
international research initiatives such as the Globalism and Social
Policy Programme (http://www.gaspp.org/index.asp)
An application, including a curriculum vitae, three letters of
reference, a teaching dossier (including an outline for an undergraduate
course and an interdisciplinary graduate course in Globalization
Studies) and a copy of a recent publication or paper should be sent to:
Dr. Imre Szeman, Director, Institute on Globalization and the Human
Condition
McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
L8S 4M4.
Deadline for applications: February 14th, 2005
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