Ref Number B03-02391
Professional Expertise Academic
Department UCL SLASH (B03)
Location London
Working Pattern Full time
Salary £52,762-£62,035
Contract Type Permanent
Working Type Hybrid
Available for Secondment No
Closing Date 13-Apr-2025
About us
University College London (UCL) is a multi-faculty college of the University of London with a population of over 52,000 students, from more than 150 different countries. Degree programmes are provided in Arts and Humanities, Social and Historical Sciences, Education, Architecture, Building, Environmental Design and Planning, Laws, Life Sciences and Clinical Sciences (including Medicine), Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and Engineering Sciences. UCL is among the world’s top universities, as reflected in performance in a range of rankings and tables, and is ranked 9th in the world, 5th in Europe and 2nd in London in the QS World University Rankings 2025.
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people, LGBTQI+ people, and women.
The department UCL Arts and Sciences (UASc) is the home for the Bachelor of Arts and Sciences (BASc), which is the UK's leading interdisciplinary degree, covering arts, social sciences and sciences degree. BASc combines the breadth of interdisciplinary study across the arts and sciences with the opportunity to specialise in one or two key subject areas. Our graduates (first cohort graduated in 2015) have achieved outstanding outcomes both in further postgraduate study at UCL, Oxford, Cambridge, Imperial College (including the School of Medicine), Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and in employment, e.g. Goldman Sachs, Amazon, The UK Treasury, Accenture, the World Food Programme. We currently have a steady-state intake of 150 undergraduates per year.
The degree is structured around a compulsory Core and 4 Pathways. In the Core, BASc students learn interdisciplinary skills including interdisciplinary research methods, quantitative methods, and a modern foreign language.
In addition to the Core, students choose a major and a minor Pathway. There are four Pathways: Cultures, Science and engineering, Sciences and Engineering, and Societies. Students choosing Cultures or Societies as their major must choose Science and engineering Sciences and Engineering as their minor pathway, and vice versa.
The Arts and Sciences department also runs the BA in Creative Arts and Humanities (BACAH), the Masters in Arts and Sciences in Creative Health (MASc) and the Interdisciplinary Societies, Arts and Sciences PhD programme.
About the role
We are seeking a Lecturer in Interdisciplinary Social Economics to join the UCL Arts and Sciences department who can offer an unconventional or non-mainstream approach to economics which highly values interdisciplinarity, the role of social forces and qualitative evidence and thinking, while also paying attention to quantitative measures where appropriate. Examples of some areas that would be relevant are (we do not expect the postholder to have all the following but offer them as an indication of the kinds of areas of unconventional social economics we are interested in):
- pluralist approaches to economics, economic systems, and models;
- focusing on issues of inequality, environmental degradation, and social justice, including challenging neoliberal subjectivities and assumptions;
- exploring regenerative and redistributive models;
- analysis of the following: knowledge economy, digital economy, information economy and cultural and creative industries and economies;
- addressing alternative economic models, sustainability, and social impact that emphasise interdisciplinary perspectives and critical thinking.
The postholder will organise and co-convene the final year compulsory module BASC0023 The Knowledge Economy: Consultancy Project and will develop a new module entitled 'Reimagining Capitalism: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Just and Sustainable Futures'. The postholder will contribute excellent research in interdisciplinary social economics or an area of interdisciplinary social economics as outlined above. The area of research should be interdisciplinary and related to a discipline or disciplines relevant to interdisciplinary social economics, excluding econometrics.
The postholder will be primarily associated with the Societies pathway on the BASc Arts and Sciences programmes. This includes acting as a Personal Tutor for students majoring in that pathway and providing guidance on how they can curate an individualised and coherent degree.
The post is based at the Bloomsbury campus, but may be required to travel to the UCL East campus in Stratford for departmental activities or to contribute to teaching on the BA Creative Arts and Humanities or MASc Creative Health programmes.
This post is full-time and available from 1 June 2025 or as soon as possible after that date.
This role meets the eligibility requirements for a skilled worker certificate of sponsorship or a global talent visa under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL welcomes applications from international applicants who require a visa.
The advert will close at 23:59 BST on Sunday 13 April 2025.
A job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page. If you have any queries about the role, please contact UASc Head of Department, Prof Wendy Sims-Schouten at w.sims-schouten@ucl.ac.uk. If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact UASc Department Manager, Cristy Meadows at c.meadows@ucl.ac.uk.
The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.
This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies/2024/aug/conditions-service-academic-staff for more information.
About you
The postholder will be educated to Doctoral level in any interdisciplinary area relevant to interdisciplinary social economics (as outlined above), and have proven experience in research in interdisciplinary social economics.
Previous experience of teaching, research and engagement in a university department is essential, as is knowledge of the connection between scholarship, policy and practice. In addition, the postholder will have the ability to share in the organisation and management of research programmes in interdisciplinarity and interdisciplinary social economics.
A proven ability to mentor students, including advising on module choices, and excellent communication skills are also essential.
Please note that we are not seeking a specialist in econometrics or similar approaches for this role.
During shortlisting , we will only review your CV and covering letter / application questionnaire. However, you should upload any documents you wish to be considered by the panel if you're shortlisted for interview as it's not possible to add further documents once your application has been submitted.
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
- 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
- Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
- Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
- Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
- Immigration loan
- Relocation scheme for certain posts
- On-Site nursery
- On-site gym
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
- Discounted medical insurance
Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.
We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
