SCHOOL OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
LECTURESHIP IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SUSTAINABILITY, Salary Scale: £36,715 -
£43,840
The position is available from 1 August 2010.
We are seeking an outstanding candidate(s) to join the Sociology subject
area of the School of Social and Political Science in the College of
Humanities and Social Science as a Lecturer.
Sustainability is defined as a way of life that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their needs (Brundtland). Relevant work may include: critical analysis of
'modernity', globalisation, social reproduction and change; global and
international development issues; sustainable consumption and production;
sustainable social practices; health and well-being and orientations to the
natural world; stewardship of planetary life support systems, at all levels
of scale from micro to macro. An interest is the sociology of
sustainability in the context of South Asia would be an advantage.
This post arises partly from the secondment of a senior colleague in
Sociology to lead the development of the new cross-college
interdisciplinary degree programme - the MA Honours in Sustainable
Development - which is being led from within the School of Social and
Political Science, and which will welcome its first intake of students in
2011/12.
This will be a uniquely interdisciplinary and highly flexible programme
rooted in the School of Social and Political Science but involving
collaboration with many other parts of the University. It derives from a
variety of efforts throughout the University to strengthen synergies and
links among common areas of teaching and research relating to development,
well-being, and environmental care. It also forms part of the University's
Internationalisation Strategy.
The degree structure will include a core curriculum in Sustainable
Development throughout all four years, plus specialisation in at least one
home subject over four years, and in one further subject over the first two
pre-Honours years. In the Honours years, students will prepare a
dissertation based on research (probably placement-based applied research
in most cases) on a real-world sustainable development issue.
The School is also offering new postgraduate degrees in International
Development, and 2010/11 sees the first offer of the new MSc in Global and
International Sociology.
Look for further details on http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/
Professor Lynn Jamieson, 0131 650 4002
Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building,
15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
(The UofE is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, registration number
SC005336.)
Co-director, CRFR, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships,
associate Center for Population Change www.cpc.ac.uk
LECTURESHIP IN THE SOCIOLOGY OF SUSTAINABILITY, Salary Scale: £36,715 -
£43,840
The position is available from 1 August 2010.
We are seeking an outstanding candidate(s) to join the Sociology subject
area of the School of Social and Political Science in the College of
Humanities and Social Science as a Lecturer.
Sustainability is defined as a way of life that meets the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their needs (Brundtland). Relevant work may include: critical analysis of
'modernity', globalisation, social reproduction and change; global and
international development issues; sustainable consumption and production;
sustainable social practices; health and well-being and orientations to the
natural world; stewardship of planetary life support systems, at all levels
of scale from micro to macro. An interest is the sociology of
sustainability in the context of South Asia would be an advantage.
This post arises partly from the secondment of a senior colleague in
Sociology to lead the development of the new cross-college
interdisciplinary degree programme - the MA Honours in Sustainable
Development - which is being led from within the School of Social and
Political Science, and which will welcome its first intake of students in
2011/12.
This will be a uniquely interdisciplinary and highly flexible programme
rooted in the School of Social and Political Science but involving
collaboration with many other parts of the University. It derives from a
variety of efforts throughout the University to strengthen synergies and
links among common areas of teaching and research relating to development,
well-being, and environmental care. It also forms part of the University's
Internationalisation Strategy.
The degree structure will include a core curriculum in Sustainable
Development throughout all four years, plus specialisation in at least one
home subject over four years, and in one further subject over the first two
pre-Honours years. In the Honours years, students will prepare a
dissertation based on research (probably placement-based applied research
in most cases) on a real-world sustainable development issue.
The School is also offering new postgraduate degrees in International
Development, and 2010/11 sees the first offer of the new MSc in Global and
International Sociology.
Look for further details on http://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/
Professor Lynn Jamieson, 0131 650 4002
Head of Sociology, University of Edinburgh, Chrystal Macmillan Building,
15a George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LD
(The UofE is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, registration number
SC005336.)
Co-director, CRFR, Centre for Research on Families and Relationships,
associate Center for Population Change www.cpc.ac.uk
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