UNIVERSITY
OF OXFORD
Department
of Social Policy and Social Work
Professorship
of Evidence-Based Intervention
Applications
are invited for the above post, tenable from 1 September 2006, or such later
date as may be arranged.
The
University is seeking an outstanding scholar with a distinguished research
record in a field related to social or psychosocial intervention. Disciplinary
background may include psychology, prevention science, social work, mental
health, criminology or health care.
The
professor will be expected to engage in research and to teach in the field of
psychosocial intervention. He or she will be able to demonstrate evidence of
teaching excellence at the graduate level and to have experience of working
collaboratively in interdisciplinary contexts.
The
successful appointee will be associated with the Centre for Evidence-Based
Intervention, an expanding research centre which specialises in investigating
effectiveness of interventions for social and psychosocial problems, through
conducting randomised trials and systematic reviews. The Centre also carries out basic
research into causes of social problems.
Current funded research has an international focus, including projects on
HIV prevention, family and parenting interventions, child psychopathology,
antisocial behaviour, social welfare, self-help interventions and sleep
disorders. For further details, see www.apsoc.ox.ac.uk/CEBI.html.
The
professorship will be held in the Department of Social Policy and Social Work. A
non-stipendiary fellowship at either St Hilda’s College or Kellogg College is
attached to the professorship.
Further
particulars, including details of how to apply, are available from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/ or
from the Registrar, University Offices, Wellington Square, Oxford OX1 2JD
(telephone 0-1865 270200). The
closing date for applications is Monday 15 May 2006.