The Brazil Institute at King’s College London seeks to recruit a Lecturer. This will be a full-time appointment within the Institute, an interdisciplinary unit of the College dedicated to teaching and research on Brazil. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar who can strengthen the Brazil Institute’s research capacity in relation to one or more of the themes listed below. Applicants are expected to have disciplinary training in any of the social sciences, including economics, and a publication list that includes both monographs and peer-reviewed articles in leading academic journals.
- The Brazilian economy. This includes the functioning of markets, macroeconomic policy, trade, investment, finance, industrial policy, fiscal policy, or the changing role of Brazil in the global economy.
- Brazil and the emerging global order. This includes positions and activities of the Brazilian state within institutions of regional or global governance, or the changing nature of Brazil’s connections with the rest of the world, outside the fields of security and defence.
- Energy and the environment in Brazil. This includes energy policy broadly defined, including energy security and the shift from non-renewable to renewable forms of energy, as well as environmental policy, including the management of forests, water, and other natural resources and the prevention or mitigation of environmental problems.
The successful candidate will be expected to make a major contribution to teaching in the MA Brazil in Global Perspective and advising in the Ph.D. programme. The person sought must also have an ability to contribute to the Brazil Institute’s fund-raising, public relations, public engagement, and partnership-building missions. The successful applicant will also be expected to carry his/her share of administrative duties within the Institute, as well as cooperate with the other global institutes at King’s (the China, India, Russia, North American Studies, and International Development Institutes).
The appointment will be made, dependent on relevant qualifications and experience, within the grades 6-7 scale, currently £33,654 to £48,264 per annum, inclusive of £2,323 London Allowance, per annum.
For an informal discussion of the post please contact the Brazil Institute Director Professor Anthony Pereira via email at anthony.pereira@kcl.ac.uk or phone at 44 20 7848 2146.
Further details and application packs are available on the College’s website at www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs, or alternatively by emailing Human Resources at strand-recruitment@kcl.ac.uk. All correspondence MUST clearly state the job title and reference number.
The closing date for receipt of applications is 7 June 2013.