Lecturer in Development Policy and Practice (AEP)

About us 

The Department of International Development, King’s College London, is a young, innovative and contemporary department, with a focus on uneven development and global capitalism within the regional contexts of Latin America, East Asia, SE Asia, South Asia, the Middle east and Africa. We explore structural transformation in countries and how that leads to uneven development, with attention to processes and policies. Our distinctive global structural understanding of local level processes lends itself to a multi-scalar approach that challenges and expands disciplinary boundaries. The mission of the department is to explore the sources of success as well as understand the major development challenges these countries continue to face. We also have a strong focus on social and economic justice and understanding how change for the better happens, both now and for the future. The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary team currently working in a wide range of areas including political economy, inequality and poverty, gender rights, climate change and natural resources, international trade, migration, and social. gender and racial justice.

About the role 

We are seeking a candidate who has an outstanding early career profile of publications and grant capture, with an excellent record of teaching and administration.

They will be a specialist in development policy and practice in relation to government, voluntary, civil society, activist and citizen-based actors, with a focus on areas such as project management, sustainability science for development, global development policy and practice, and/or citizens’ movements and activism, including in respect of environmental, gender and racial justice. Our successful candidate will be methodologically proficient within their discipline and demonstrate evidence of high-quality relevant research and teaching in international development. They will join an interdisciplinary team currently working in a wide range of areas including political economy, inequality and poverty, gender rights, climate change and natural resources, international trade, migration, and social, gender and racial justice. This post will be responsible to the Head of the Department of International Development.

Key responsibilities include:

• To undertake and publish high-quality research consistent with the Department’s research strategy, and to contribute to impact, knowledge exchange and postdoctoral research training.
• To take an active role in seeking funding for research activities and projects, for example from the AHRC, ESRC or ERC.
• To undertake the supervision of postgraduate research, at Master’s and PhD levels.
• To take a role in the planning, organisation and delivery of teaching activities (both on-campus and online) within the Department in accordance with established practice.
• To participate fully in the design, assessment & examination processes in respect to International Development teaching in the Department of International Development.
• To engage in professional development as appropriate to update skills, and to support teaching excellence.
• To accept academic responsibility within the Department, involving departmental administrative responsibilities where appropriate.

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. This post will be responsible to the Head of the Department of International Development. 

This is a full-time role, and you will be offered an indefinite contract.

Further information

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Interviews are due to be held during March 2026.

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