Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law

Grade 7: £38-674 - £46,913 per annum

The Centre for Criminology in the Faculty of Law is looking to appoint a suitably qualified early career academic to a three-year Departmental Lectureship in Criminology. This is to cover Professor Ian Loader while is he on leave funded by a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. The post-holder will be expected to undertake research; to teach and assess students on the third-year undergraduate criminology option and on the MSc in Criminology & Criminal Justice; and to support the work of the Centre for Criminology. The Departmental Lecturer will work under the supervision of the Director of the Centre for Criminology, which from 1st September 2025 will be Professor Rachel Condry.

The postholder will be required to contribute to the core theory/criminal justice and/or methods courses and contribute to/deliver up to three seminar-based options in the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice as required; deliver lectures and classes for the third-year law option ‘Criminology and Criminal Justice; supervise the dissertations of MSc students in Criminology; undertake advanced academic study to underpin lectures and class teaching; engage in assessment and university examining; take an active part in the work of the Centre for Criminology under the direction of the Director of the Centre, including acting (if so requested) as a member of the Board of Studies and/or other committees of the Centre or the Faculty of Law.

Applicants should have excellent knowledge and understanding of criminology and criminal justice; have completed a doctorate in criminology or a related field of social science by 1st September 2025; experience of university teaching at an undergraduate or postgraduate level and demonstrated capacity to make a substantial and significant contribution to research, and for publication of the outcome of research, in criminology.

The post is full time and fixed term until 31 August 2028 and will be based at the Centre for Criminology, Faculty of Law, St Cross Building, St Cross Road, Oxford, OX1 3UL

Enquiries about the post may be addressed to Mary Bosworth (mary.bosworth@crim.ox.ac.uk), who will not be a member of the selection committee.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. A copy of the further particulars and details of how to apply can be found on the University of Oxford website

The closing date for applications is midday on Monday 10 March 2025. Interviews will be held on Wednesday 26 March 2025 (in person).

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to submit TWO items of written work (of about the length of a thesis chapter or article), published or unpublished and arrange for two references to be submitted before the interviews take place.

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