Lectureship in International Political Economy/Heterodox Economics and Global Finance (1 year FTC)

City University London

Position description

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research.

Led by President, Professor Sir Paul Curran, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

The School of Arts & Social Sciences is an internationally excellent centre of research and learning on the human condition in all its dimensions. It is a large and vibrant School with around 4,200 students and over 270 staff in seven Departments: Economics, English, International Politics, Journalism, Music, Sociology and Psychology. The School aims to attract outstanding members of academic staff who will produce world-leading or internationally excellent research of benefit to society; provide innovative and exciting programmes of study; and enrich the lives and enhance the career prospects of its students.

The Department of International Politics is a leading centre for research and undergraduate and postgraduate education. It has strength in three core areas of international relations research: International Political Economy, Foreign Policy & Diplomacy and Comparative Politics. The Department hosts the City Political Economy Research Centre (CITYPERC), the Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS) and the new Centre for Modern History.

Responsibilities

We invite applications from those with a PhD in International Political Economy or cognate field. Preferably, candidates will have research and education expertise in heterodox political economy and global finance, sufficient to deliver introductory modules in micro and macroeconomics and more advanced modules in heterodox approaches to global finance.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will have the knowledge and experience to enhance the research output of the Department, will engage enthusiastically in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and contribute fully to the supervision of students and to the life and work of the Department.

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