Assistant/Associate Professor in Social Data Science
Durham University
Faculty of Social Sciences and Health
Grade 7/8/9: - £33,797 - £59,135 per annum
Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant/Associate Professor in Social Data Science. The successful applicant will be a core member of the Durham Research Methods Centre; they will also be a member of the appropriate academic department within the Faculty of Social Science and Health (Sociology, Anthropology, or Government & International Affairs), contributing to research and education. As such, applicants must demonstrate research excellence in the field of Social Data Science, Social Analytics or Computational Social Science; they must also have a proven track record of conducting high-quality research aligns with research strengths within the relevant Department (Sociology, Anthropology, or Government & International Affairs).
Candidates must also be able to teach our students to an exceptional standard. The post-holder will be expected to deliver advanced postgraduate modules on various aspects of social/health data science and modelling to underpin programmes within a new suite of Masters Degrees in Data Science (specifically: Social Analytics and Health Data Science). They will also be expected to contribute to core teaching within the relevant academic Department (Sociology, Anthropology, or Government & International Affairs), and to supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations/research.
For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Adetayo Kasim (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
Closing date: Friday 12-Mar-2021, 11:59:00 PM
Applications can be made online at
https://durham.taleo.net/careersection/du_ext/jobdetail.ftl?job=21000138&tz=GMT%2B00%3A00&tzname=Europe%2FLondon
Kind regards,
Adetayo Kasim
