Career Development Fellowship

Career Development Fellowships

The University is committed to enabling all our colleagues to achieve their full potential. Durham University's Career Development Fellowships are fixed term positions, which include structured development support for early career academics to deliver outstanding education, innovative research/scholarship, and to engage in citizenship activities. The post-holder will be a full academic member of the Department, working alongside world-class colleagues, with the support of a designated mentor.

Career Development Fellows will benefit from tailored support to strengthen their skills, will be provided with a range of academic opportunities, and will benefit from protected time to foster different aspects of their career. The Career Development Fellowships will enable early career academics to acquire a strong and well-rounded foundation to support future applications for substantive academic roles at Durham or elsewhere (no guarantee can be given that a permanent role at Durham will be available for the CDF to apply for at the end of the Fellowship).

The Department

The School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to a fixed term Career Development Fellowship. Applicants should have research and teaching interests in the field of International Relations and Security. We particularly welcome applicants with expertise in fields such as post-colonial approaches to International Relations, (post-)conflict and violence, and / or transitional justice. We are open minded in relation to the applicant's substantive and methodological focus, emphasising instead excellence in research and teaching.

This post offers an exciting opportunity to develop internationally excellent research/scholarship and teaching while providing unrivalled, tailored support for your career progression at an exciting and progressive institution. The successful candidate will join colleagues in the and which provide a stimulating and supportive environment for developing and refining research projects and outputs, networking with colleagues within and beyond Durham.

Given the developmental nature of this role, the post will not typically be extended beyond the agreed fixed term duration to allow others the opportunity of a CDF post and the career development that it provides. Therefore, current role-holders who are undertaking/have completed a Career Development Fellowship role are not eligible to apply for a further Career Development Fellowship role should one become available. Following the end of the term, the role-holder will be in a strong position to apply for relevant permanent academic roles, should they arise, at Durham or elsewhere.