Professor and Director of the Centre for the Study of Race and Racism

UCL Institute of Advanced Studies

London

Professor, and Director of the Centre for the Study of Race and Racism (CSRR)

Full Time

The appointment will be on UCL Grade 10. The salary range will be Competitive salary, inclusive of London Allowance.

UCL is establishing a new, permanent senior appointment within the fields of critical race studies, race theory, histories/representations of racialised thinking and racism, and/ or their social practices, impacts and effects.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional individual to shape and become the founding Director of a new research centre, based in UCL's Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS). The IAS is a research-based community of scholars, committed to critical thinking and engaged enquiry both within and across conventional disciplinary and institutional boundaries.

The Director will be responsible for setting up the Centre, helping to conceive its direction, appointing two lecturers and an administrator. They will design and deliver a taught Masters programme in conjunction with their new appointees and existing staff at UCL.

Candidates will hold a PhD in a relevant field, and will have a proven track record in the critical study of race, manifest through ambitious, world-leading scholarship, influential publications, success in establishing and leading significant research projects and teams as well as experience in applying for and gaining funding in related areas of study.

UCL pays a relocation supplement of GBP9,000 to newly appointed academic staff (lecturer through to Professor) who have to relocate their home to take up an appointment.

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Closing Date: Tuesday 26th February 2019

Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.

Interview Date: Monday 25th March 2019

We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level.

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

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