Assistant Professor (Research Focused) (107803-0924)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Ending 31 May 2025

Hours: 0.6 FTE (21.9 hours per week)

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Prof Hussein Kassim (Principal Investigator) at Hussein.Kassim@warwick.ac.uk. 

Applications are invited for the role of Research Fellow as part of the ‘Living with the neighbours: the UK, the EU and wider Europe’ project, led by Professor Hussein Kassim as part of his ESRC UK in a Changing Europe Senior Fellowship, in the Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS) at the University of Warwick.

‘Living with the neighbours’ monitors, examines and explains relations between the UK, the EU, and European states. Working closely with the PI, the Research Fellow will be involved in a range of research support activities, including monitoring, recording and analysing developments in the UK-EU relationship, as well as original research, the synthesis of existing scholarship, and research dissemination under the direction of the PI. The Research Fellow will also provide some administrative support for the project, alongside the project administrator, and will liaise with the UK in a Changing Europe team at King’s College London.

The University of Warwick has been recognised as an international centre of research excellence by leading experts.

The University of Warwick has cemented its position as one of the UK’s academic powerhouses after 92% of its research was assessed as being ‘world leading or internationally excellent’ by a panel of global experts.

A remarkable 50% of Warwick’s submitted research was awarded the highest possible rating of ‘world leading’ (four stars), up from 37% in 2014.

A further 42% was assessed to be ‘internationally excellent’ (three stars).

About You  

Essential criteria include a PhD in Politics, International Studies, Law or a cognate discipline, along with detailed knowledge of the EU. You should also have excellent oral and written communication skills, and experience of presenting and writing-up research results for publication in peer-viewed books, conferences and/or journals.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 17 September 2024 at 11.55 pm

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