| Location: | London |
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| Salary: | £45,031 to £52,514 per annum including London Weighting Allowance |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 27th January 2026 |
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| Closes: | 16th February 2026 |
| Job Ref: | 136545 |
About King’s:
The Department of War Studies is one of the only academic departments in the world focused on understanding the complex realm of conflict, security, and international politics through inter-disciplinary teaching, research and engagement. We have a large and diverse faculty, with varied 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. 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.
At King’s, we believe that the diversity of our community and a culture that is welcoming, open, inclusive and collaborative, are great strengths of the university.
The Equality Act of 2010 protects the rights of our students and staff and provides a framework to fulfil our duties to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment and victimisation and in addition, to advance equality of opportunity and foster good relations between those who share a protected characteristic and those who do not. At times, this will include balancing rights and beliefs that can feel in tension.
We are committed to free speech and to academic freedom, believing that our foundational purpose as a university, is to create spaces where a wide range of ideas, including ideas that are controversial, can be discussed and debated, and where members of our community can express lawful views without fear of intimidation, harassment, or discrimination.
When engaging in the robust exchange of ideas, we ask that our community is mindful of our Dignity at King’s guidance
About the role:
The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Contemporary Asian Security (Education). The successful candidate will have an emerging track record in research dissemination and a clear research agenda. They will also be responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative and effective undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the contemporary politics and security of Asia, with a particular focus on China.
This post is a five-year, fixed-term academic contract on the Academic Education Pathway (AEP). Successful candidates will be expected to obtain membership of the Higher Education Academy. Around 80% of the successful candidate’s time will be dedicated to teaching, supervision, student support, educational leadership and innovation, and administration. The remaining 20% of the time will be dedicated to scholarship.
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