LSE Fellow in Economic and Social and Public Policy

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university.

Salary from £43,277 to £51,714 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £55,497 pa inclusive of London allowance

This is a career development position and is fixed term for two years, starting in September 2026

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position.  As such, applicants who have already been employed as a LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.

The Department of Social Policy at LSE is the longest established in the UK and has received the highest possible rating in all Research Assessment Exercises carried out in the UK. The 2026 QS World University Rankings by Subject place the Department of Social Policy 4^th in the world.

The Department addresses the major intellectual questions surrounding the analysis and evaluation of social and public policies, the social challenges they address, and their outcomes. We are distinguished by our multidisciplinarity, our international and comparative approach, and our research conducted in high-, middle- and low-income countries. We have particular strengths in: poverty and inequality; work and welfare; education; care; women; race, ethnicity and migration; non-governmental organisations (NGOs); crime and criminal justice; climate/environmental policy and behavioural public policy.

We are looking to recruit an LSE Fellow to teach on our BSc and MSc in International Social and Public Policy. You will be able to make important contributions to teaching and supervising our undergraduate and postgraduate students, while also being fully engaged in our vibrant research culture.

Candidates should have:

• By the post’s start date, completed or be close to obtaining a PhD in Social Policy, Public Policy or another area related to the needs of the post (such as but not limited to Economics, Political Science, Sociology);
• The ability to teach economics of social and public policy, and other departmental courses in international social and public policy;
• Experience of teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level;
• The potential to produce internationally excellent publications in international social and public policy;

Additionally teaching-related administrative experience, including working with virtual learning environments (e.g. Moodle), would be an advantage.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email socialpolicy.recruitment@lse.ac.uk.

For further information about the Department, please visit lse.ac.uk/social-policy.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 31 May 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews are scheduled to be held online via Zoom in the week commencing 22 June 2026.

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