Lecturer in Development Geography (Teaching & Scholarship)

About the Role

The School of Geography is looking to appoint a temporary Lecturer in Development Geography (Teaching & Scholarship) for six months starting in September 2025.

The Lecturer will contribute to the intellectual life of the School of Geography and the wider institution. They will make contributions to student education and experience through the delivery of teaching activities on the Global Development and Nature and Society curriculum pathways, specifically:

• teaching on our residential fieldtrip to Malta, which is compulsory for all undergraduate students in their first year
• contributing to a popular module, Development Geographies for the second year undergraduate students
• contributing to the delivery of a compulsory module, Retheorising Global Development for Masters students;
• contributing to research methods teaching at UG and PGT;
• advising
• supervising UG and PGT student dissertations.

About the School

The School of Geography operates within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and maintains strong research and teaching collaborations with the other Faculties. It is a welcoming and intellectually vibrant home to almost 500 undergraduate and postgraduate students, with 47 academic and research staff and 12 Professional Services staff. In REF2021, the School was ranked 10th in the UK for research outputs, with 93% of submitted articles and books rated as ‘internationally excellent’ or ‘world-leading’. The School of Geography has a varied academic diet spanning the physical, environmental and social sciences and a diverse student body. The role is expected to start on 01 September 2025.

About You

You will have recently completed a PhD in Development Geography, or a related field, and have some relevant teaching experience in a university context. You will also have experience of undertaking fieldwork and be able to contribute teaching to a residential undergraduate trip to Malta in November 2025.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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