Teaching Fellow - Sociology Social Policy & Criminology

These are exciting times for Social Sciences at Southampton. Our suite of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes are attracting exceptional numbers of well qualified students. Building on our sustained student intake over the last few years we are now seeking to recruit an inspiring and enthusiastic Anthropologist to join our friendly, hard-working team in the Department of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology. The successful candidate will teach on one or more of our Anthropology modules (Exploring Other Cultures; Culture and Communication; Sexuality & Intimacy; Cosmology, Ritual & Belief).

You will have experience teaching Anthropology within higher education and will have coordinated an undergraduate module in this subject. You will hold a PhD in Anthropology or Sociology (or a related field), and be able to evidence emerging strengths in research and publication. You will be part of the Faculty of Social Sciences which brings together a unique range of disciplines and is committed to tackling the world's biggest challenges through interdisciplinary research.

We welcome applications from all areas of Anthropology but especially encourage those with teaching interests in the anthropology of cultural comparison, communication and cognition, and belief systems.

Be part of the University of Southampton, an institution in the top 1% of world Universities and one of the UK's top 15 research-intensive universities.

For more information about our activities, and the expertise of individual members of staff, please visit our main website https://www.southampton.ac.uk/sociology/

If you have any further questions, please contact the Head of Department, Professor Jenny Fleming ( J.Fleming@soton.ac.uk ), or the Director of Undergraduate Programmes Dr Craig Webber. c.webber@soton.ac.uk

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.