Assistant Professor in Political Science and Data Science

The Department of Political Science, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy is seeking to appoint two Assistant Professors in Political Science and Data Science, to commence on 1st September 2024.

The School wishes to make the appointment in the area of Political Science and Data Science. The area of specialization is open, but the Department has a preference for applicants active in research on text analysis, applied machine learning, and/or data science in the social sciences. Proficiency in programming in Python and/or R is expected. Desirable skills also include quantitative text analysis, image processing, network analysis, and/or statistical forecasting. The preferred candidates must also be able to teach courses in substantive areas of politics (e.g., comparative politics, international relations, political communication) of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students. The ideal candidates will have an approach to research that complements the Department of Political Science’s existing strengths in comparative and institutional analysis.

The normal teaching load for an Assistant Professor in the department would be four semester-length modules per year. A single semester-length module normally requires 22 hours of FTF teaching. Assistant professors are also expected to do a certain amount of postgraduate research supervision and to contribute to the administration of the programme and/or the department more generally.

Both positions will be tenure-track positions.

Post status: 5 Year Fixed Term, Tenure Track Post

Hours of Work: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link below:

http://www.tcd.ie/hr/assets/pdf/academic-hours-public-service-agreement.pdf

Salary: This appointment will be made on the Lecturer Full Salary Scale (€38,719 - €94,031 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. monthly/weekly payscales. (tcd.ie)

Application Information

Candidates must submit the following to http://jobs.tcd.ie:

Please Note: Candidates who do not submit the requested information will not be considered for shortlisting.

Applications will only be accepted by applying online through the Trinity Jobs Portal.

Further Information

Informal enquiries about this post should be made to Professor Peter Stone at [email protected]

Application queries about this post, please email Frédérique Roy-Boulet,  Recruitment Partner at [email protected] and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

Please see the Job Description below for this position.

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