Reader in International Relations, Department of War Studies, King’s College London, England. Deadline: 30 January 2024.
The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Reader in International Relations in order to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research capacity. The Department is looking for a candidate with a strong research and teaching background in International Relations theory, broadly defined. The successful candidate will have a track record of high-quality publications, research funding and innovative teaching in the field of International Relations. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to both compulsory and optional teaching in the department at both BA and MA levels. In particular, the successful candidate will be expected to contribute to the leadership and teaching of the Department’s MA degree in International Relations and should have the background and research interests commensurate with leading a large post-graduate programme that explores International Relations from a variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives.
The Department has a large, diverse IR faculty, with particular research focus on security, technology, violence, ethics, gender, migration and borders. They are a theoretically and methodologically diverse Department, including key strengths in critical approaches and methodologies. They welcome applications from candidates whose research contributes to or expands these research areas from a range of perspectives. In addition, applicants must have experience in supervising doctoral research students.
