Lecturer in Human Geography Post 1

Job details

Contractual hours: 35

Region: South

Job category/type: Academic and Research

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Job description

Closing date: 23:59 on 13 May 2026

Interview date: 26 June 2026

By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route. Applicants wishing to consider the SWR must ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement before applying. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The Department of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Reading is looking to appoint a critical human geographer with experience teaching of quantitative and/or mixed-methods (i.e. quantitative and qualitative methods) for the post of Lecturer in Human Geography.

The successful candidate will support the delivery of creative and innovative undergraduate teaching and implement a research programme that engages with issues of power and inequity, seeking progressive societal change. We welcome applications from critical human geographers with research interests and expertise that complement and extend those of other human geographers within the Department - the Human Geography Research Cluster (HGRC) - and demonstrably relate to the Global Development Research Division (GDRD), within which the HGRC sits. The HGRC is committed to research in pursuit of more equitable, just and/or environmentally progressive futures and has expertise including cultural, social, participatory, development, environmental, political, urban and feminist geographies. Please indicate in your application how you will complement and extend the existing expertise of the HGRC with research that engages with issues of power and inequity to seek progressive societal change.

The postholder will contribute to the delivery of creative and innovative teaching across undergraduate Human Geography programmes. We are seeking applications from critical human geographers who can support undergraduate teaching and the supervision and marking of undergraduate dissertations. To understand the teaching we do in the department, please visit the webpages for our Human Geography, Human and Physical Geography, and Geography and Economics degree programmes.

We are seeking a candidate aspiring to teaching and research excellence, who can undertake and contribute to classroom and field teaching across undergraduate Geography programmes, offer dissertation support and doctoral student supervision, undertake independent and collaborative research, develop high quality publications and competitive grant applications, and contribute to administrative and citizenship roles and activities.

You will have:

• A PhD in Human Geography or a related subject
• The ability to produce excellent research publications
• Experience of internal or external research grant application preparation and the ability and/or potential to secure external research funding
• The ability to prepare and deliver creative and innovative undergraduate teaching in Human Geography
• The ability to support the delivery of effective teaching on quantitative and/or mixed-methods in Human Geography
• Knowledge of quantitative and mixed-methods and key concepts and debates in Human Geography

Informal contact details

Contact Name: Dr Stuart Black

Contact Job Title: Head of School

Contact Email address: s.black@reading.ac.uk 

Alternative Contact Name: Professor Anne Verhoef

Alternative Contact Job Title: Co-Head of the Department Geography and Environmental Science

Alternative Contact Email address: a.verhoef@reading.ac.uk 

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality.

We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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