Assistant Professor

London School of Economics and Political Science - Department of Social Policy

Location: London

Salary: From £68,087 pa inclusive and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Permanent

Placed On: 6th October 2025

Closes: 2nd November 2025

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. As an equal opportunities employer strongly committed to diversity and inclusion, we encourage applications from women and those of minority ethnic backgrounds as they are currently under-represented at this level in this area. All appointments will be made on merit or skill and experience relative to the role.

Salary is no less than £68,087 pa inclusive and the salary scale can be found on the LSE website.

The post will commence in September 2026.

Outstanding candidates whose core research examines crime and/or criminal justice with a demonstrable research interest in international social and public policy, are invited to apply. Our department is multi-disciplinary, with scholars from Anthropology, Criminology, Demography, Development Studies, Economics, History, International Relations, Law, Political Science, Psychology, Social Policy, and Sociology. As a mixed methods department, we value diversity of research methodology and epistemology.

Candidates will have:

• A completed PhD (or be close to obtaining one) in criminology/criminal justice, international social policy or public policy, or a related area in the social sciences by the post start date;
• A track record or trajectory of internationally excellent publications;
• Proven ability, as evidenced by existing publications, or potential to publish in top journals or with leading book publishers;
• A clear, well developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications;
• The ability to teach students on the department’s MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy and the MSc and BSc in International Social and Public Policy;
• Ability to act as secondary supervisor to PhD students; and
• A commitment to high quality teaching and fostering a positive learning environment for students, including pastoral care, as evidenced, for example, by reviews of teaching quality by colleagues and student feedback.

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research grants policy with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification, as well as the further information document.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email socialpolicy.recruitment@lse.ac.uk in the first instance.

The closing date for receipt of applications is 2 November 2025 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications. We expect to interview shortlisted candidates week commencing 26 January 2026.