The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is seeking to appoint a Lecturer with expertise in political ecology, economic geography, or critical development geography. We are looking for candidates with excellent research profiles or interests in these areas, including development, nature-society, post-colonialism, history, politics, understanding the environment, and theorising the environment. Candidates should have strong skills in qualitative analysis and be capable of contributing to the Geography and Sustainable Development undergraduate teaching programmes and to taught postgraduate programmes.

The successful applicant will join the Geographies of Sustainability, Society, Inequalities and Possibilities (GOSSIP) research cluster, which is one of the three research clusters in the School of Geography and Sustainable Development (SGSD). GOSSIP is home to 10 academic staff and a team of post-doctoral researchers and PhD students.

Informal enquiries can be directed to the Head of School, Professor Keith Bennett (kdb2@st-andrews.ac.uk), or Professor Jo Sharp (js314@st-andrews.ac.uk).

The University is committed to equality for all, demonstrated through our working on diversity awards (ECU Athena SWAN/Race Charters; Carer Positive; LGBT Charter; and Stonewall).  More details can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.

Closing Date:     24 July 2019

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Geography and Sustainable Development
Salary: £40,792 - £50,132 per annum
Start Date: Negotiable, but as soon as possible