Research Fellow in Historical Criminology Ref 40549 Fixed term
Research Fellow in Historical Criminology Ref 40549 Fixed term
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About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Research Fellow on a Leverhulme Trust funded project entitled Imagining Race Crime and Justice in Sailortown(RPG2025044. This project focuses on the history of race crime and justice in London Liverpool and Glasgow. The coinvestigator is Dr Esmorie Miller at Lancaster University. You will work directly with principal investigator Professor Lizzie Seal to carry out research from digitised newspapers and genealogical websites. You will design create and maintain a database of cases. You will also write material for and update a project website.
About you
You will hold a PhD in an area relevant to the project such as historical criminology crime history the history of race or urban history. You will have experience of the design creation and maintenance of databases for historical research. You will also have experience of conducting historical research.
About our Department
The Dept of Sociology and Criminology a wellestablished and successful researchled department with a record of excellence in research assessment exercises and in teaching. We are home to 35 faculty and around 450 students at any one time. We have two thriving Masters programmes in Gender Studies and Criminology which both recruit between 15 and 20 students each in any given year. We have a diverse research culture and diverse research interests with clusters of expertise in the fields of ethnicity and migration health social class and social theory. We have aim to push the boundaries of research and of researchled teaching. We performed well in the last NSS improving our scores in almost every category from the previous year. Our research (as submitted to UoA21 Sociology) was assessed overall to be 45 world leading 4* and 40 internationally excellent 3*. In particular 100 of our impact case studies were assessed as outstanding 4*.
Please find further information regarding theSchool of Law Politics and Sociologyon 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 150acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a fiveminute 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 multiaccredited researchled 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 its our people that make us great and we want you to be part of that.
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Further Key Information
Please contact Professor Lizzie Seal for informal enquiries.
For full details and how to apply see ourvacancies page.
The University of Sussex is committed to equality and valuing diversity andapplications are particularly welcomed from Black and minority ethnic candidates.
The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.
Employment Type
Full-Time
