[ecrea] Interdisciplinary Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Disasters

We are looking for a critical social sciences or humanities scholars who 
works on disasters. Despite our location in a college of science, we do 
have a critical mass of human geographers with some cultural 
studies-oriented scholars amongst us. Please send this ad on to any 
scholars you know doing cultural studies work on disasters.

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BCA583/interdisciplinary-lecturer-or-senior-lecturer-in-disasters/



  Interdisciplinary Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Disasters


      *University of Edinburgh* - College of Science and Engineering -
      School of Geosciences

Location: 	Edinburgh
Salary: 	£39,324 to £55,998 per annum
Hours: 	Full Time
Contract Type: 	Permanent

Placed on: 	12th June 2017
Closes: 	11th July 2017
Job Ref:	040165

The School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh is seeking to appoint 
a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Disasters. In particular, we welcome 
applications from candidates who specialise in Disasters from an 
interdisciplinary critical social science or humanities perspective, who 
have experience in researching at the intersections between disasters 
and key topics such as gender, race and development, and experience in 
developing inter-disciplinary collaborations between the physical and 
social sciences.

The post-holder will: pursue excellent independent research, secure 
research funding commensurable with the level of post, engage in impact 
activities and supervise postgraduate students; deliver and develop 
teaching at postgraduate and undergraduate levels; and undertake 
leadership and administrative duties in teaching, student support or 
university administration.

The successful applicant will join a large group of researchers with 
interests in hazards and disasters from both a physical and social 
sciences perspective.  The University is committed to research in this 
area and has recently appointed a Chair in Natural Hazard Science, and 
has become a member of the UK Alliance for Disaster Research. Parallel 
expertise on disasters exists in the social sciences across the 
University, as well as in issues of gender, race and development within 
the School.  This post provides an exciting opportunity to link this 
expertise across the social sciences and to open new opportunities for 
interdisciplinary collaborations between the physical and social 
sciences across the School and University.

Candidates should hold a PhD in a relevant discipline, have teaching 
experience and a publication record commensurate with career stage.

Presentations and Interviews are likely to take place in the week 
commencing 7th August 2017.

This is an open-ended post available from 1st of October 2017 or earlier 
if possible.

Salary range: £39,324 - £46,924 (UE08) or £49,772 - £55,998 (UE09) 
Vacancy Ref: 040165 Closing Date: 11 JULY 2017 at 5pm GMT

For further particulars and to apply for this post please click on the 
'apply' button below

https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=040165



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