Assistant Professor in Political Science (Global Challenges)

Overview of the department

The School of Law and Government is an ambitious, research-intensive school. It has a range of programmes at BA, MA, and PhD level.  It offers seven taught postgraduate programmes, including the MSc in Public Policy.  The School has over forty research students and offers a structured PhD in Politics and International Relations. More information can be found at https://www.dcu.ie/lawandgovernment.

Role Profile

The appointee will be expected to support the School in implementing an innovative curriculum project, specifically:

• Developing and delivering a new bachelors programme/specialism in the BSc. in Global Challenges, ensuring an industry engaged, research-led approach, integration of challenge based learning, digital tools and hybrid delivery.
• Broader implementation of teaching approaches into other target programmes in the school,
• Engaging with university-wide elements of the initiative including cross faculty cooperation, project evaluation and reporting.
• The role includes teaching, student mentoring and supervision of taught projects and research.

Qualifications and Experience

• Applicants must hold an honours degree in a relevant discipline, and should be qualified to a post-graduate level with a PhD specialism in Political Science, Public Policy, International Relations, or a related discipline.
• The successful candidates should ideally have a minimum of three years’ relevant post-doctoral experience.
• Applicants must have demonstrated teaching experience at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level, ideally including experience in innovative pedagogies and/or assessments, international and/or online or technology-assisted teaching.
• Applications are specifically invited from those with strong research credentials and publication record, particularly in one or more of the following research areas:
• The successful applicants will also have demonstrated potential to establish an independent research programme and attract research funding from competitive research funding schemes and/or industry.
• Candidates should demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills consistent with the highest quality of teaching and learning, along with evidence of successful teamwork and a collegial approach.

Salary Scale Assistant Professor (Above bar) €57,479 - €92,115*

Closing date: 23/02/2023

More information on the School of Law and Government and its programmes can be found at: https://www.dcu.ie/lawandgovernment.

Informal Enquiries to:

Dr. Kenneth McDonagh, Head of the School of Law and Government - kenneth.mcdonagh@dcu.ie

Application Procedure:

Application forms are available from the DCU Current Vacancies website at https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies-current-vacancies-external-applicants

Applications should be submitted by e-mail with your completed application form to hr.applications@dcu.ie  

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