Senior Lecturer in Criminology

Closing Date: 12 August 2026 at 5.00pm

Contract: Permanent (Full time)

Underlying Contract: Teaching and Research

The School of Law and Criminology at Liverpool Hope University

We are seeking an experienced and ambitious criminologist to help shape the future of the School of Law and Criminology at Liverpool Hope University. If you are passionate about being part of an innovative and collegiate team, this is your opportunity to make a real impact.

At Liverpool Hope, we offer an enriching and supportive environment that encourages personal growth, career development, and a chance to contribute to the strategic evolution of our School.

The School of Law and Criminology delivers a dynamic, research-informed curriculum at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, equipping students with the knowledge, skills and experience essential for thriving careers in criminology, criminal justice and beyond. We offer a range of programmes, including the three and four-year undergraduate Criminology degrees, and several BA Major Honours degrees in which Criminology can be combined with a range of other disciplines.

If you are ready to help shape the future of criminological studies, we invite you to explore this exceptional opportunity.

The post

This is a senior academic appointment. We are seeking an established criminologist with a record of high-quality research and publication, an active and current research agenda, and the standing to contribute to the academic development of the discipline at Liverpool Hope.

Candidates should have experience in delivering engaging teaching across a broad range of criminology modules, providing academic support to students and contributing to cutting-edge curriculum development in the field. The ability to teach widely across the undergraduate curriculum is important and provides valued flexibility and resilience within the team.

We particularly welcome candidates with specialist expertise in one or more contemporary areas of criminological concern, including but not limited to terrorism, violent extremism, online radicalisation, misogynistic extremism (the manosphere), and other areas of emerging and contemporary criminological scholarship that complement existing programmes. We are keen to develop our research and teaching in rapidly evolving areas of criminological scholarship that are increasingly important across criminal justice, policing, education and public policy, and that represent a distinctive strength within the programme. Experience of teaching quantitative research methods to social science students would also be valued.

A PhD in Criminology or a closely related discipline is required for this post.

Liverpool Hope University is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion, ensuring a welcoming environment that recognises and celebrates difference. We recruit staff nationally and internationally as we seek out the best to help build Hope for the future. If you join us, you will be doing so at an exciting and challenging time as we work to develop a liberal arts-inspired University of distinction in the UK. If you have the drive and commitment to assist in this task, we would be delighted to hear from you.

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