Assistant Professor in Political Science (Asian Politics)

at  Trinity College Dublin

The Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is seeking to appoint an Assistant Professor in Political Science and Asian Politics, to commence on 1st September 2024. This is a tenure-track position.
The School wishes to make the appointment in the area of Asian politics. The successful candidate will study some aspect of Asian politics, with the specific subregion (East Asia, South Asia, etc.) being open. Applications are welcome from the subfields of either comparative politics or international relations. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate outstanding excellence in teaching and have experience in teaching as lead instructor for a variety of modules. The successful candidate should be able to teach and supervise undergraduate and masters-level dissertation topics in various areas of political science, as well as to contribute flexibly across the range of the Department’s teaching needs. The successful candidate will have an active research agenda/publication strategy in Asian politics as well as an approach to research that complements the Department of Political Science’s existing strengths in comparative and institutional analysis. An ability to teach courses in research methods and/or research design at both undergraduate and postgraduate/MSc level is highly desirable.
The normal teaching load for an Assistant Professor in the department would be four semester-length modules per year. A single semester-length module normally requires 22 hours of FTF teaching. Assistant professors are also expected to do a certain amount of postgraduate research supervision and to contribute to the administration of the programme and/or the department more generally.
Post status: Five Year Fixed Term, Tenure Track
Hours of Post: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow: http://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf
Salary: Appointment will be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale (109BN) commensurate with qualifications / experience and in line with Public Sector Pay Policy (€39,469 –€95,441 per annum) https://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/monthly-academic.pdf

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