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The School of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Lincoln is seeking to appoint a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Criminology to add to our existing strengths in teaching, research, and external engagement.

Situated in the heart of a beautiful and historic city, The University of Lincoln has built an international reputation for the quality of its teaching and research. The University was named as the Modern University of the Year in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2021. The School of Social and Political Sciences is a thriving department within a university that has established a reputation as one of the most dynamic and fastest growing in the UK.

This is an exciting time to be joining our student-focused, collegial, and research active School in further developing our place as a leading centre for studying and engaging with the range of areas that make up Criminology as a discipline.

Successful candidates may have any specialism within the field of criminology. We anticipate that they will be able to teach within the criminology curriculum offered in the School as well as offer new areas of teaching to enhance that curriculum further. The School is particularly looking to develop further our expertise and provision in the field of criminal justice. Alongside teaching, staff are expected to conduct high quality research and/or engage externally, for example in professional practice and scholarly activity.

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Closing: June 27, 2021

Launched in 2015, the Helena Kennedy Centre has developed an exceptionally strong portfolio of research, teaching and knowledge exchange activity relating to law, criminology, human rights and social justice. HKC’s research underpins SHU’s Unit of Assessment 20 Social Work and Social Policy submission to REF2021 and we are focused on growing quantity, quality and impact of our work both nationally and internationally.

We are seeking a Research Professor to support our research development and research expertise in Human Rights and act as a beacon of excellence in your field. You will have an established research profile and clear research agenda that will ensure you make a substantial contribution to the Centre’s research income, publication and impact profile in line with the University’s ambitions. Alongside enhancing the reputation of HKC, you will contribute to the continuous development of our research staff and research culture.

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Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Security Studies

Birmingham City University – Department of Criminology and Sociology

Closing: June 27, 2021

With around 24,000 students, Birmingham City University is one of the UK’s largest universities, providing teaching to students around the globe and producing research with international and national impact. Situated in Birmingham, the UK’s second city, we also have a long history of local interaction with the city and the wider West Midlands region.  We pride ourselves on an inclusive and dynamic working environment, where we work hard to develop our staff.

The Department of Criminology and Sociology at Birmingham City University is home to a diverse and multi-disciplinary team and has a track record of success in research, knowledge exchange, teaching and public engagement.  The Department is inviting accomplished candidates to apply for the post of Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Security Studies whereby the successful applicant would be expected to contribute primarily to the Security Studies teaching provision and research agenda.

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Lecturer in Quantitative Criminology

Cardiff University

Closing: June 29, 2021

The School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University is looking to appoint a new academic member of staff. Subject to satisfactory probation this will be a permanent position, starting at lecturer level. The post is designed to support an early career scholar and will attract a reduced teaching/administrative load and additional research support during the first two years of appointment.

The post holder will contribute to the research profile of the School through academic scholarship and theoretically informed empirical research in criminology leading to published work of the highest quality. They will also deliver high quality and research-led teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

This is a full time and open-ended post available from 1st September 2021

Responsible to Professor Tom Hall, Head of School

For informal enquiries, contact:

Professor Amanda Robinson (Deputy Head of School and Professor of Criminology), RobinsonA@cardiff.ac.uk telephone 029 20875401

Professor Tom Hall (Head of School), HallTA@cardiff.ac.uk  telephone 029 20874848.

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Lecturer in Criminology

Cardiff University

Closing: July 6, 2021

The School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University is looking to appoint a new academic member of staff.  Subject to satisfactory probation this will be a permanent position, starting at lecturer level. The post is designed to support an early career scholar and will attract a reduced teaching/administrative load and additional research support during the first two years of appointment.

The post holder will contribute to the research profile of the School through academic scholarship and theoretically informed empirical research in criminology leading to published work of the highest quality. They will also deliver high quality and research-led teaching at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level.

This is a full time and open-ended post available from 1st September 2021

Responsible to Professor Tom Hall, Head of School

For informal enquiries contact Professor Amanda Robinson (Deputy Head of School and Professor of Criminology), RobinsonA@cardiff.ac.uk telephone 029 20875401, or Professor Tom Hall (Head of School), HallTA@cardiff.ac.uk  telephone 029 20874848.

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Climate Migrants, Mobility and Governance Across Emergent Political and Policy Terrains

PhD Studentship at the University of Brighton

Closing: July 7, 2021

This interdisciplinary study will investigate impacts of climate-related migration and mobility, internationally or nationally, including to or within the UK. It will explore ways these societal challenges are shaped by community ties and identities, migration and migration politics, and emergent climate-change policies across local, national, and international levels. It will examine climate-related impacts on social exclusion, marginalisation, mobility, and people’s changing relations with politics, science, and the state; policy concerns to address climate-related mobility and migration; and ethical issues in the governance of climate-related displacement. It will inform action around policy implementation that can be shared regionally, nationally, and internationally. We are seeking students with a relevant first degree (e.g. anthropology, development studies, law, geography, similar); and practical experience e.g. NGOs, community work. The fieldwork location is the applicant’s choice. Key themes: climate migration, displacement, mobility, marginalised communities

The most widely cited prediction for climate migrants (also “climate refugees”) is 200+ million by 2050 (UNHCR 2020). Worsening climate change impacts are producing migrants and displacees within and across national borders, with for example Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America estimated to have 140 million+ internal migrants by 2050 (World Bank 2018). While causal relationships between climate-change, armed conflict, and asylum-seeking are also established – linking climate change to Europe’s migrant “crisis” (Guy et al 2019)—slow onset hazards such as heat are driving the mobility of urban populations across Asia (Zander et al 2018); and rising sea levels have seen British villages decommissioned, with their ‘viability’ determined by the cost of coastal defence versus resettlement (House of Lords 2019). In light of research showing that ‘climate migrants’ have inadequate legal protection or recognition (Apap 2019), this interdisciplinary project seeks to re-imagine policy from the perspective of migrants, with the aim to explore connections between policy practice, identities, and exclusions in vulnerable and marginal communities. It will explore how experiences of climate change mobility vary according to national, social and economic location; and are shaped by political, community, media, and policy representations and responses. Particular focus will be placed on where migrants and communities experience gaps in legal and community protection, and on how they propose to fill these gaps. The knowledge and inter-sectorial networks generated will support situated understandings of mobility in climate-affected communities, and the ethical governance of climate-related mobility.

Potential questions:
(1) How do the dramatic or slow-onset effects of climate change affect people’s mobility, relationships to their communities and the state, and other national, social, identity and class exclusions (including gender)? (Community)
(2) How can policy suggestions emerging from communities displaced as a result of climate change be leveraged for their integration; and for sustainable policy development at multiple levels? (Social policy)
(3) What ethical concerns are raised firstly by the logic that confers responsibility for inter/national migration or resettlement on individuals, the state, and supra-state actors—and secondly, by their governance as climate-related? (Ethics)

Methods: Interpretive and thematic approaches including in-depth interviews, focus groups with migrants and affected communities, NGO and community service providers, and ethnographic insights in affected settings will produce critical bridgework between the voices and experiences of migrants, and those of service providers. The study may involve single or multi-sited methods, co-produced research, and a national, international, or comparative focus.

Supervisors: Nichola Khan and Roxana Cavalcanti, School of Humanities and Social Science; Julie Doyle, School of Media, University of Brighton.

Prospective applicants can contact Nichola Khan (N.khan@brighton.ac.uk) directly.

Expected interview dates Monday 19 July 2021

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