Two Lecturer Positions in Political Economy at the University of Sydney

Two full time continuing opportunities at our Camperdown Campus
Opportunity to join a leading social sciences school
Academic Level B, Base Salary $110,856 – $131,639 + 17% superannuation

About the opportunity

The School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) is seeking to appoint two Lecturers (Level B) in the Department of Political Economy. These lectureships will further consolidate SSPS as a key centre for research and teaching in political economy. The successful appointee will teach at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, pursue an independent research agenda while contributing to strategic research priorities, and play a role in initiating new strategic research and teaching initiatives within the school, faculty and University.

Staff in the Department of Political Economy conduct research on globalisation, development, the environment, energy, labour, gender, race, history of economic thought, inequality, neoliberalism, public policy, markets and finance. They work in a variety of traditions (including post-Keynesian, Marxian, feminist, and institutionalist perspectives) across a number of discipline areas (including economic history, the history of economic thought, economic sociology, geography, international political economy, development studies and labour studies).

Your key responsibilities will be to:

pursue an active research program aligned to Department goals
produce high quality publications
participate in the department’s research culture
contribute to teaching at all levels
undertake appropriate administrative roles and curriculum development as required.

About you

We are looking for a Lecturer in Political Economy who possesses:

a PhD in political economy or a cognate field
an ambitious research agenda with a track record appropriate to career stage
teaching experience at the undergraduate, and, ideally, the postgraduate level
the ability to teach into core undergraduate units in the political economy curriculum
strong communication, collegial and team-based skills.

Closing date for applications

11:59 pm, 8 December 2021

How to apply

Applications (including a cover letter, CV, and any additional supporting documentation) can be submitted via the following link: https://bit.ly/3qydKWL

Author: Martijn Konings

Martijn Konings works in the Department of Political Economy at the University of Sydney. He is the author of The Development of American Finance (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Emotional Logic of Capitalism: What Progressives Have Missed (Stanford University Press, 2015), Neoliberalism (with Damien Cahill, Polity, 2017) and Capital and Time: For a New Critique of Neoliberal Reason (Stanford University Press, 2018). With Melinda Cooper, he edits the new Stanford University Press series Currencies: New Thinking for Financial Times.

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