[ecrea] Job Advert: Reader/Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey

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*University of Surrey*

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*Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences*

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*Department of Sociology*

The University of Surrey is seeking applications from exceptional 
academics for two appointments in the Department of Sociology.  You will 
join a Department that is consistently ranked world-class, was rated 
joint 6^th in the last RAE and consistently achieves top scores in the NSS.

Applicants for both posts should be able to make a strong contribution 
to at least one of the Department's research groups: Developments in 
Methodology; Criminology and Criminal Justice; Identities, Generation 
and Everyday Life; Media, Culture and Communication; Work, Organisations 
and Inequalities; and Science, Environment and Technologies. Applicants 
are also welcome who can contribute to one of the two research centres 
based in the Department: the Centre for Research on Simulation in the 
Social Sciences and the Centre for Research on Ageing and Gender.

*Reader/Professor in Sociology* Ref 8791

Salary from £55 908

You should have an excellent track record in both teaching and research. 
You should also have strong leadership qualities, as the successful 
applicant will be expected to take on the role of Director of Research 
within the Department.

Further details about the Department are available at: 
www.soc.surrey.ac.uk <http://www.soc.surrey.ac.uk/>. For informal 
inquiries please contact Professor Rachel Brooks ((r.brooks /at/ surrey.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(r.brooks /at/ surrey.ac.uk)>).

To apply online please visit www.surrey.ac.uk/jobs 
<http://www.surrey.ac.uk/jobs>.  Alternatively contact Leonie Burton via 
email at (l.burton /at/ surrey.ac.uk) <mailto:(l.burton /at/ surrey.ac.uk)>  or by 
telephone on 01483 689955 quoting the relevant reference number. To send 
an application, please email or post to Leonie Burton, Faculty of Arts 
and Human Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH.

Closing date for applications: 2^nd July 2012

Interview board will be held on: 15^th August 2012