Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology Ref 40735

Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology Ref 40735 Location

Brighton, UK

Hours

Full-time considered up to a maximum of 1.0 FTE (37.5 hours) Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).

Grade 7.4 starting at £41,671 to £45,413 per annum, pro rata if part time.

Contract Type

Permanent

About the role

We welcome applications for a permanent, full time (1 FTE) Assistant Professor in Anthropology (Education and Research) to join our collegial and supportive team.

The successful candidate will join a friendly and supportive department with a significant record of world-leading research across the discipline. In this role you will be working as part of a dynamic team of scholars in the Department of Anthropology.

Applications are welcome from candidates with a research expertise in any field of Social Anthropology complemented by a strong ethnographic focus. Regional specialism is open. Under the direction of the Head of Department, the successful candidate will be responsible for the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate modules in Social Anthropology. You will also hold responsibility for a group of Academic Advisees; supervise undergraduate theses and master's dissertations; and be responsible for other convened teaching and administrative contributions as directed by the Head of Department.

You will be expected to conduct and deliver high-quality research, engagement and impact work that complements the research of the Department.

The Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology at Sussex has over 20 members of faculty and a thriving doctoral and postdoctoral community of researchers. Our research ranks among the best in the UK and the World. In REF 2021, the Department was ranked 7 th in the UK for overall research performance and 8 th in the UK for our world-leading research impact. We are ranked 12 th in the UK and are in the top 100 globally in the 2025 QS World University Rankings.

The Department is committed to the highest quality of teaching. Sussex Anthropology achieved excellent scores in all NSS categories, and every year several faculty members receive University teaching awards.

Sussex anthropology is distinctive in its progressive interdisciplinary thinking, and in combining empirical and theoretical inquiry with a commitment to understand, interpret and intervene in an increasingly complex, changing and unequal world. We engage with the most pressing issues of our times around inequality, social justice, health, gender and sexuality, sustainability and climate justice, transformation in work and labour, geopolitics, migration and development, amongst others. Our expertise straddles all continents, from China and South-East Asia to South and Central Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

Ideally, you will have a PhD in Anthropology or a closely related field or be very near completing one.

Your research and teaching interests should have a strong grounding in ethnographic research and align with those of the Department. Interdisciplinary approaches to teaching and research are particularly welcome. Candidates are expected to either complement or expand the existing research strengths of the Department.

You will ideally have previous experience of teaching Social Anthropology at degree level and will be passionate about delivering high quality teaching and support to students.

You will be a collegiate individual with an enthusiasm to participate fully as an active and integral member of the Department.

About our School

We are a global hub at the heart of Sussex University. Our engaged research and critical pedagogy addresses the most pressing global issues of our times - global social justice, environmental change and climate justice, war and peace, migration, global health, human rights, identity, and inequality. Our mission is to generate transformative research and real-world teaching that equip students with the knowledge and skills needed to work towards a fairer, safer, more sustainable and more inclusive world.

We are committed to inspiring and curiosity-driven teaching and research that strives to find creative solutions for the social, environmental, economic and political poly-crisis facing the world today. Global Studies stands out for its interdisciplinarity across our departments, courses and research centres; our ambitious global outlook; and our decolonising, anti-racist and reparative justice approaches to teaching, research and civic engagement.

Please find further information regarding the School of Global Studies on our website.

Why work here

Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus. We also have dedicated cycling paths and encourage our staff to use these with our offering of a cycle to work scheme.

Sussex is a renowned, multi-accredited, research-led International University and this is only possible because of the people that work here. Whether you are a member of Faculty, part of a Professional Services team or a Student, it's our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.

The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.

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