Department of International Development
Assistant Professor
Salary is competitive and not less than £51,908 per annum inclusive
We are looking to recruit a candidate at the level of Assistant Professor with a focus on African development
and other issues related to the political economy and sociology of contemporary Africa.
You will carry out teaching and research, significantly contributing to the Department’s Masters and PhD
degree programmes and to the Department’s activities more broadly.
As well as teaching experience in one or more of the areas listed below and on issues of International
Development, you should have completed a PhD in International Development or a closely related subject by
start date of post. You should have experience conducting research in Africa, and be able to link local-level
research or particular research themes to broad aspects of African Development. You will have expertise in
one or more of the following areas: development policy analysis relating to Africa; comparative politics /
political sociology with a focus on Africa; rural development, natural resource management, climate policy
and politics, agricultural policy and politics, politics of agrarian societies – all with a focus on Africa; African
history and its relationship to African Development; political economy of late industrialization with focus on
Africa; political economy of global commodity chains, trade, aid, or investment with focus on Africa;
comparative studies of social movements, gender, religion, civil society in Africa; international relations,
security, peace and conflict with focus on Africa, or; anthropology of African Development.
You will have an established publication record including at least two articles that are of the highest
international standards in terms of originality, rigour and significance. You should be familiar with interdisciplinary
literatures on International Development and African Development. You will have advanced
training in qualitative or quantitative research methods and also have a clear and viable strategy for top
quality future research.
The other criteria which will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification,
which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.
The post will start on 1 September 2015.
In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include a defined benefits pension
scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.
To apply for this post, please go to ‘www.lse.ac.uk/JobsatLSE ’ and select “Vacancies". If you have
any queries about applying on the online system, please email: hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk quoting reference
1427003.
Please note that you will be required to submit in electronic form two separate publications as part of the
application process for this post and forward references to Intdev@lse.ac.uk.. Please refer to the How to
Apply document on the Online Recruitment system for more information.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 15 November 2014 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are
unable to accept any late applications.
We value diversity and wish to promote equality at all levels
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