Professor of Educational Psychology

Overview of the department

The School of Psychology is an ambitious and research-intensive School in the Faculty of Science and Health. Established in 2019, DCU’s School of Psychology is composed of experienced and dedicated staff with leading expertise in a broad range of areas within the field of psychology. The School brings together our flagship BSc in Psychology, which has been running since 2010, the new BSc in Psychology and Mathematics and BSc in Psychology and Disruptive Technologies, a distance education level 8 psychology programme, our suite of postgraduate courses including the MSc Psychology (Conversion) and the MSc Psychology and Wellbeing, and a vibrant PhD community. Our new Doctorate in Child and Educational Psychology will commence in Semester 1 of the 2026-27 academic year.  The School continues to build on our longstanding research activity and collaborations, and its thriving community engagement. We are student-centred, research-intensive, globally engaged, collaborative and inclusive. It offers an innovative and exciting environment in which to pursue undergraduate and postgraduate studies in psychology and to undertake cutting-edge research.

Role Profile

We are seeking to add a permanent Full Professor of Educational Psychology with expertise in the psychology of education, child and youth mental health or developmental psychology who will report to the Head of School of Psychology. This is a new position. The successful candidate will have an undergraduate qualification and PhD in Psychology, as well as an established track record in leadership and in the area of the psychology of education, child clinical or developmental psychology. The successful candidate will provide leadership in doctoral training and research and will contribute high-quality teaching. The successful candidate will also lead a high-quality research programme and actively participate in the School’s external engagement and enterprise activities. Further, the successful candidate will demonstrate leadership in all domains of the role and will contribute to placement supervision, research supervision and the external engagement activities of the School and University. This post provides an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to play a key role in the further development of the School’s success and national and international reputation.

Salary Scale:

Full Professor - € 147,197 - € 186,072.

Appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience and in line with current Government pay policy

Informal Enquiries in relation to this role should be directed to:

Prof. Sinéad Smyth, Head of School, School of Psychology, Dublin City University.

Phone + 353 (0)1 7007422 Email: sinead.smyth@dcu.ie

Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below.

Application Procedure:

Please submit your application through the online system at www.dcu.ie/people/jobs, in order to be considered for the role to which you are applying for, you must upload:

1)  Curriculum Vitae

2)  Cover Letter

3)  Completed application form (blank forms can be downloaded from the bottom of the Vacancy).

Closing Date: 11^th Oct 2026

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