Lecturer in International Relations Education

About us

The Department of War Studies has a large and diverse faculty. We are a theoretically and methodologically diverse Department with expertise in areas including, but not limited to, conflict resolution, contemporary and historical warfare, gender, international relations, migration and borders, security studies, strategic studies, technology and violence.     

The Department is located within the School of Security Studies and the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Together, we are committed to embedding good diversity and inclusion practice into all of our activities. We are committed to encouraging further growth in our diversity, and we look forward to welcoming applicants of all abilities and backgrounds, whom we are able to support with our flexible varied working practices. Overall, King’s values the diversity of its staff and student body and recognises that this is both a strength and a defining feature of King’s as a London university in a global context.  

About the role 

The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in International Relations Education to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research capacity in international relations. This is a 3-year, fixed term post.  The post is on the Academic Education Pathway (AEP) and is focused on the delivery of education, education-related scholarship and leadership in education. We are particularly interested in applicants with a specialism in either Eastern Europe or the Middle East and welcome expertise on a variety of theories, methods and perspectives.  

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of teaching in the Department of War Studies, especially its BA and MA programmes in International Relations. The successful candidate must therefore be familiar with a broad range of theoretical approaches to international relations and conflict. We are seeking applications from International Relations scholars with expertise in the contemporary security dynamics of the Middle East or Eastern Europe. The successful candidate will work with students from a wide range of backgrounds and will be responsible for enabling student success.

The postholder will also undertake and publish high-quality scholarship and play a role in the institutional and intellectual development of War Studies and undertake Departmental, School, Faculty and University administrative duties as required.

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an a 3-year  fixed term contract.

Research staff at King’s are entitled to at least 10 days per year (pro-rata) for professional development. This entitlement, from the Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers, applies to Postdocs, Research Assistants, Research and Teaching Technicians, Teaching Fellows and AEP equivalent up to and including grade 7. Visit the Centre for Research Staff Development for more information.

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