Lectureships in Quantitative Political Science

To further strengthen our research and teaching portfolio the Department of Politics wishes to appoint two Lecturers in any field of Quantitative Political Science from September 2023. While we welcome candidates from any area of quantitative political science, in order to broaden the remit of the Department we would especially welcome candidates working on the Global South and/or those who use use social media and digital tracing data in the study of politics

The successful candidates will be based in the Democracy and Elections cluster. Research undertaken within this cluster focuses on a number of themes in quantitative political science such as the challenges facing representative institutions and electoral politics, the decline of trust in democratic institutions, the weakening of established parties, increasing electoral volatility, the rise of populism, the increased use of digital campaigning in elections, electoral fraud, and gender and racial inequalities. Recent highlights have included the cluster hosting the ESRC-funded British Elections Study, led by Ed Fieldhouse, and the ERC Advanced Grant on Digital Campaigning and Electoral Democracy (DiCED), led by Rachel Gibson. The cluster sits within the larger Department of Politics, whose research strengths were recently reflected in the 2021 REF in which the Department was placed 8th out of 56 in the UK on Grade Point Average (GPA), 5th on publications and 3rd on 4* publications.

Applicants must have a relevant PhD and demonstrate the ability to produce high quality internationally excellent publications, meet flexible curricular and teaching needs, and demonstrate capability to contribute organisationally to the wider School community.

The School is strongly committed to promoting equality and diversity, including the Athena SWAN charter for gender equality in higher education. The School holds a Bronze Award which recognises our good practice in relation to gender; including flexible working arrangements, family-friendly policies, and support to allow staff achieve a good work-life balance. As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons. However, as black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) candidates are currently under-represented at this level in this area, we would particularly welcome applications from BAME applicants. All appointments will be made on merit.

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status.  All appointments are made on merit.

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Blended working arrangements may be considered

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Manager: Professor Yoram Gorlizki
Email: yoram.gorlizki@manchester.ac.uk
Tel: PA: +44 (0) 161 275 4251

General enquiries:
Email: People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.

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