Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in the Economics of China

Location: Bloomsbury, Camden, Greater London, United Kingdom, WC1H 0XG

Hours: 35 hours per week

SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East.  SOAS University of London is positioned to play a leading role in reimagining higher education globally, with a new strategic plan in place as the basis for the renewal and revitalisation of the School which commits SOAS to both student responsiveness and research intensity. SOAS is moving towards a new model of international partnerships which is responsive to the transnational character of our global challenges.

About the Role

The Department of Economics at SOAS University of London invites applications for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer post in the Economics of China. We seek an outstanding scholar with strong expertise in the political economy of China, including engagement with questions of structural transformation, industrial policy, climate and agrarian change, state-capital relations, or China's evolving role in the global economy.

You will contribute to the Department's teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, delivering modules on the Chinese economy and development economics. You will be expected to connect China's development experience to broader public policy debates, design innovative curricula, and provide high-quality supervision and mentorship to students across our programmes. You will also be expected to maintain an internationally recognised research agenda, engage actively with external funding opportunities, and play an active role in administrative duties and the broader intellectual life of the Department, contributing to the Department's standing as one of the world's leading centres for heterodox economics and political economy.

Candidates who can bridge rigorous theoretical and empirical economic tools with critical political economy perspectives are especially encouraged to apply.

About the Department

The Department of Economics at SOAS University of London is a leading centre for economic research, grounded in a rigorous tradition of political economy and development economics.  Our faculty advances scholarship on the defining challenges of our time from socio-economic inequalities and the environmental crisis to structural transformation. We conduct world-leading research on financialisation, social reproduction, the political economy of food, informality, labour, the macrofinancial aspects of development, the political economy of institutions, corruption and the assessment of macroeconomic, social and industrial policies.

Our research shapes both scholarly debate and real-world policy. Faculty have led high-impact work on anti-corruption strategies, the greening of financial systems, the role of industrial policies for structural transformation and the socio-economic and environmental implications of industrialised livestock production. Through the Centre for Sustainable Finance and the Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation, the Department conducts world-leading research in collaboration with policy institutions and practitioners across the Global South and the Global North with a focus on social and environmental justice.

Our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes equip students with the quantitative rigour and qualitative depth demanded by an increasingly complex world. At a moment when artificial intelligence is reshaping our societies, we prepare economists not only to apply theories and tools, but to interrogate their assumptions and develop critical thinking.

How to Apply:

Please complete the online application form and upload your CV publications, and a supporting statement

Closing date: 6th May 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Presentations and interviews are expected to be held on 26th and 27th May 2026