Lecturer (Education) Criminology

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Queen's University Belfast

Location:

Belfast, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Education

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Yes

Job Reference:

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9

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

Job Description:

We are seeking to recruit a Lecturer (Education) in Criminology to join the Criminology team at Queen’s University Belfast.

The School's overall vision is to establish a learning community dedicated to quality in teaching, research, scholarship, and practice, while also contributing to local and worldwide initiatives to make a social difference.

Criminology at Queen's is internationally renowned for its research and teaching excellence. Students at the School are educated in a dynamic, supportive environment by award-winning teachers who are dedicated to helping them reach their full potential.

Queen's University Belfast has a long tradition of excellence in criminology research and teaching, focusing on areas like youth justice, policing, victimology, international criminology, justice, conflict, alcohol and drug use, trauma, and imprisonment.

We apply psychological and sociological approaches to better understand the causes of crime, society's responses to crime, and the repercussions of criminal behaviour. Special emphasis is placed on evaluating the effectiveness of current crime-fighting strategies.

The successful candidate will teach students across the criminology undergraduate pathways.

About the person:

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following criteria:

• Primary or higher degree in a relevant social science subject.
• PhD or equivalent awarded or due for completion and to be awarded within one year of taking up the post.
• Evidence of research dissemination through publishing and/or presenting at criminology conferences, appropriate to the career stage.
• Experience of lecturing and tutoring at university level or equivalent in a relevant social science discipline.
• Evidence of appropriate administrative experience, commensurate with career stage.

To be successful at shortlisting, please clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

Fixed-term contracts are available for the stated period initially, with potential renewal or permanence depending on funding.

What we offer:

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity. We subscribe to Equality CharterMarks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan, and have staff networks like iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+), supporting progress towards equality.