"Associate Professor in Educational Psychology"

Applications are invited for a permanent post of an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology within UCD School of Education. Job reference number: 018811

The School of Education at University College Dublin seeks to appoint a full-time Associate Professor in Educational Psychology commencing December 2025.

The appointee will be required to work collaboratively and engage in the design and delivery of innovative teaching, research, professional placement supervision and coordination, research supervision and programme administration on the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology programme and other postgraduate programmes within the School of Education. The School is committed to research-led education, so the candidate will be expected to teach doctoral level research methods, conduct research that supports high quality teaching in their field, and to lead innovations in both research, teaching and the field of psychology. They will supervise student research at Masters and Doctoral level and take a lead role in administration and organisation of the Educational Psychology programmes. Overall, the appointee will be expected to actively participate in and contribute to the academic life of the Professional Doctorate in Educational Psychology Programme, the School, College and University and to the wider educational community.

95 Associate Professor (7941) Salary Scale: €83,339 - €117,693 Per Annum. Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 1st of September 2025. Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified.

Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow link below: https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic%20Contract.pdf