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Job description
University of St Andrews
School of International Relations
Lecturer – MR1291
Lecturer - £37,756 - £46,400 per annum
The University of St Andrews is planning further substantial investment in its highly regarded School of International Relations. We therefore invite applications for several positions at the lecturer level (a senior lectureship or readership may be available for exceptional candidates) as well as a three year temporary lectureship, to replace Professor Alex Danchev, who has been awarded a three year Leverhulme major research fellowship from September 2014. All sub-fields of International Relations will be considered, though we have a preference for scholars who specialise in one or more of the following areas: US foreign and security policy, European international Relations (including Britain), international institutions and/or global governance, international political economy (with a special interest in international development), Human rights and international law/relations, the arts and politics/international relations, the international relations of Central Asia and the International relations of the Middle East (in this context we would be especially interested in those who can sustain or enhance the work of existing expertise in the region, for example that contained in the Centre for Syrian Studies). Successful candidates will have a research record with publications of international significance appropriate to the stage of their careers and all candidates must have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching.
The appointments will be from 1 September 2014, or as soon as possible thereafter.
Informal enquiries can be directed to: Professor Nick Rengger, Telephone: 01334 462941 or Email: [log in to unmask]
Closing Date: 24 March 2014
We encourage applicants to apply online https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/welcome.aspx however if you are unable to do this, please call +44 (0)1334 462571 for an application pack.
Please quote ref: MR1291
The University is committed to equality of opportunity.
The University of St Andrews is a charity registered in Scotland (No SC013532).
Further Particulars for applicants
The School of International Relations is the only one of its kind in Scotland and is recognised globally for the exceptional quality of its research and teaching. International Relations has been taught at the University for 25 years. A separate department was created in 1990, becoming a School in its own right in 2003. The School moved to the new, purpose-built Arts building in September 2006, and the current Head of School is Professor Nick Rengger ([log in to unmask]). Individual staff profiles can be found at: http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/intrel/people/
We are a research active School and our research very broadly comes under three main headings:
• One central theme, for both the field and the School, has always been how we should understand and think about conflict, peace and security. At St Andrews, this includes research on political violence and terrorism, international security, conflict between (and within) state and non-state actors, institutional responses to conflict, post-war reconstruction, normative theories of war and peace, human rights, regional tensions, the social construction of conflict, and the political economy of peace and violence.
• A second central theme has been how we should understand the evolving character of global and supra-national institutions. This encompasses work on formal international institutions (eg. the UN, regional associations), on regimes (environment, non-proliferation), on ideas about and practices of global order (the rise of great powers, the possibilities of global constitutionalism and global justice), and the interface between international relations and international law.
• A third theme is the interpenetration of civil societies and international relations, encompassing work on religion and politics, debates around trauma and memorialisation, work on the ways in which ‘hidden actors’ are represented and understood in international relations (eg. children), ideas and practices revolving around human rights politics, and the politics of resistance in the global south.
In addition we have major strengths in area studies which help to ground our research in these broad thematic areas.
Research is carried out at the individual level and collaboratively, and we have a number of research centres:
• Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (CPCS) • Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence (CSTPV) • Centre for Global Constitutionalism (CGC) • Centre for Syrian Studies (CSS) • Institute of Middle East, Central Asia and Caucasus Studies (MECACS)
In addition staff participate in inter-disciplinary centres including: the Centre for Russian, Soviet and Central and Eastern European Studies (CRSCEES), the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, the Institute for Iranian Studies and the Centre for the Study of Religion and Politics (CSRP).
The School runs a range of academic programmes, including: Single and Joint Honours undergraduate programmes; M.Litts in International Security Studies; Peace and Conflict Studies; International Political Theory; Middle East, Central Asian and Caucasian Studies; and Terrorism Studies; research postgraduate degrees and training.
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