Visiting Faculty Positions in Political Science (2025-2026)

The Department of Political Science at Ashoka University invites applications for multiple Visiting Faculty positions (open rank) for the 2025-2026 academic year. We prefer candidates who can teach the entire academic year, but are open to candidate who are available for only either the Monsoon semester (25 August – 13 December 2025) or the Spring semester (19 January – 9 May 2026). Please indicate your availability in your cover letter.

Successful candidates are expected to have a strong teaching record and a competitive research profile. We prefer candidates with a completed PhD, but are willing to consider advanced PhD students with a strong teaching record as instructor of record. The successful applicant will have a 2/2 teaching load in addition to light administrative and advising duties. Instruction will be in-person.

While we look for candidates in any subfield of Political Science, at least one of the positions will be filled by a candidate who can teach quantitative and/or qualitative research methods. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

Please submit:

• A cover letter including teaching interests.
• Your curriculum vitae (CV).
• One writing sample.
• (Optional) A teaching statement.

Applications must be submitted by 15 July 2025 but are considered on a rolling basis. Any queries can be directed to hod.pol@ashoka.edu.in. Please submit your applications by clicking the 'Apply' button

About Ashoka

Founded in 2014, Ashoka University is a rapidly growing private liberal arts university dedicated to providing students with an innovative interdisciplinary liberal arts education and an inclusive place to research, think deeply and critically, and express themselves creatively. The university currently offers 12 pure and 9 interdisciplinary majors as well as 17 minor programmes. It is also home to a number of interdisciplinary educational and research centres. 

Ashoka is located in Sonipat, India, about 40 km (25 mi) North of New Delhi, India’s vibrant capital city. Ashoka has near-campus faculty residence facilities and it is also accessible from Delhi via a regular shuttle that runs between campus and the Jahangirpuri metro station. The campus is home to over 3000 students from 28 states and Union Territories in India as well as 21 other countries. The student to faculty ratio is approximately 11:1. 

The Department of Political Science has 10 permanent members with research interests which include but are not limited to Indian politics, comparative politics, peace and conflict studies, political economy, political theory, history of political thought, and legal theory. The Department has a major and minor and contributes to the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics major.