Senior Lectureship in Criminology and / or the Sociology of Deviance

Grade 9: Salary in the range £54,949 to £63,673 per annum

Keele University is renowned for its exciting approach to higher education, innovative research, beautiful campus, strong community spirit and excellent student experience.  With a turnover in excess of £170 million, over 10,000 students and a total staff of approximately 2000, the University provides high quality teaching across a wide range of academic and vocational subjects and promotes world-class research.  Further information can be found at https://www.keele.ac.uk/about/

The School of Social, Political and Global Studies is currently recruiting a Senior Lecturer in Criminology and / or the Sociology of Deviance.  This post represents an exciting opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a well-established Criminology and Sociology team who are part of a multi-disciplinary school, bringing together academics in Criminology, Education, International Relations, Philosophy, Politics, and Sociology to deliver single and combined honours degree courses, pioneering taught postgraduate programmes and postgraduate supervision with world-leading researchers. 

The successful candidate will be a multi-faceted academic with a Criminology and / or Sociology of Deviance specialism across teaching, research, programme administration and leadership. They will have an international profile in a research area relevant to Criminology or the Sociology of Deviance and be able to make an outstanding contribution to teaching and research supervision at all levels in these areas. They will be expected to demonstrate abilities to lead on programme development and delivery, public engagement and outreach, and student recruitment, and be able to develop and sustain an excellent programme of research, making an outstanding contribution to research in Criminology or Sociology, and contribute actively to the general culture of the subject, School, and Faculty.

We welcome applications from academics working in the fields of Criminology and the Sociology of Deviance, preferably, although not exclusively with a specialism in the study of a key area of the subject, including vulnerabilities, digital crime, zemiology, deviant subcultures, political extremism, young people and offending, and social class and / or race, and a background in programme leadership.

The University is committed to operating flexible working practices wherever possible.

Keele University values equality and diversity across our workforce and to ensuring our staff community is reflective of the diversity of our student population. In support of these commitments the University welcomes applications from individuals of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds for all roles.

For full post details and to find out more about working at Keele please visit: www.keele.ac.uk/vacancies

Keele University employees wishing to apply should login to Employee Self Service and click on the 'View current vacancies' link.

Informal enquiries may be made in confidence to Professor Mark Featherstone (m.a.featherstone@keele.ac.uk) , Head of the School of Social, Political, and Global Studies. Applications to this address will not be accepted. 

Closing date for applications: 13^th February 2023

Interviews are planned to be held on: 17^th March 2023

Post reference: KU00003086

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