Deadline: 31 October, 2012
Open to: graduates or equivalent, women or men, in their second or subsequent year of doctoral research
Allowance: living-out allowance of £3,630, all meals free during term, free accommodation (bed-sitting room) will be offered if available and required
Description
In association with Oxford Transitional Justice Research and the Centre for Criminology The Governing Body of St Anne’s College invites applications for the Global Justice Research Fellowship tenable from 1 January 2013.
The Fellow’s principal duties will be to:
- conduct individual research into transitional justice issues and publish monographs, peer-reviewed journal articles and chapters in edited volumes;
- act as convenor of Oxford Transitional Justice Research (OTJR), (which entails managing the OTJR executive committee and overseeing the general work of OTJR, including events, working papers and policy projects);
- collaborate on joint projects with the Global Institute for the Crime of Aggression (possibly in the form of joint event organisation, in consultation with Don Ferencz, Director of the Institute);
- contribute fully to the life of St Anne’s College, including the delivery of academic seminars and acting as a College Adviser to graduate students.
Eligibility
- Applications will be considered from graduates or equivalent, women or men, in their second or subsequent year of doctoral research.
- Candidates registered for doctorates at other universities are eligible. Those candidates who have not completed their doctorate or equivalent, should provide evidence that they are likely to be in a position to submit their thesis within the first year of the Fellowship.
- The Research Fellow will have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in Law, Politics, International Relations, Development Studies, Area Studies or another relevant discipline.
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate eligibility to work in the UK.
Allowance
The maximum salary of the Fellowship, including 3 hours of teaching per week, will be £20,282 pa but this figure will be reduced to take account of any award or grant already held by or promised to the successful applicant. Free accommodation (bed-sitting room) will be offered if available and required; otherwise a living-out allowance of £3,630 pa will be paid. The Fellow will be a member of the Senior Common Room, and will be entitled to all meals free during term, and breakfast and one main meal a day during vacation, except when the hall is closed.
Application
- Candidates are asked to submit 6 typewritten copies (on standard A4 paper) of both a curriculum vitae and a statement (not more than 500 words) setting out the candidate’s research interests along with the Appointing Committee’s form.
- Candidates are also asked to provide the names and addresses of two referees who are acquainted with their academic work and career.
- Candidates are advised that a personal interview will be essential for those shortlisted. The interview date will be before the end of November. Reimbursement of reasonable travel expenses will be considered.
- Applications should reach the PA to the Senior Tutor, St Anne’s College, Woodstock Road, Oxford, OX2 6HS, by Wednesday 31 October 2012
Further particulars and details of the application process can be found here
