Lecturer in War Studies Education

About us 

The Department of War Studies is a large and diverse Department with a wide range of theoretical and methodological 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.

About the role 

The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in War Studies Education to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research capacity in international relations. This is a 2-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.   

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching and for advancing the understanding of war and contemporary conflict. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of teaching on the BA and MA programmes in War Studies as well as to optional modules that are available to all students in the Department.  Areas of teaching needed include the theory and practice of war, as well as insurgency and covert conflict. 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.

NB: The list of essential and desirable criteria will be used for short-listing, so please provide supporting evidence for each criterion in your application materials.   

Appointments can only be made at Lecturer level. It will not be possible to make appointments at more senior grades, or to exceed the salary advertised.   

This is a full time post (35 hours per week), and you will be offered an a fixed term contract until August 2027

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