Professor of Education and Social Justice

School of Education

The University of Lincoln aims to transform lives and communities, attracting talent from around the globe to create, for Lincolnshire and communities around the world, a virtuous circle of opportunity, prosperity, and economic growth. In research we have the long-term ambition to establish a global reputation for research, knowledge exchange and impact, and be amongst the top 15 in the UK by 2050.

The School of Education delivers highly successful undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and has a thriving postgraduate research community. Key priorities within the School are teaching and research.

We are looking to appoint a Professor of Education and Social Justice to actively engage with the School, and to establish a new research cluster, as it embarks on the next phase of its research strategy. We welcome applications that evidence a strong track record of gaining research funding, producing high quality outputs, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and impact. Areas of focus such as comparative education, equality, diversity and inclusion, education and gender, and access and participation are of particular interest. The appointed person will have an established and sustained profile as an expert within their field, having made an outstanding impact in a significant area of research that will enhance and improve the School of Education's national and international reputation.

For an informal chat about the scope of the role please email Dr Anita Backhouse (Head of School) abackhouse@lincoln.ac.uk