Associate Professor of International Relations

The Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR) in association with Exeter College are recruiting to the post of Associate Professor of International Relations to start from 1 September 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applications are welcome from both early career and established scholars in any sub-field of international relations. However, the Department has particular needs at present in historical international relations, the international relations of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Russia and the Post-Soviet space, international law, and the international politics of the environment.

The successful candidate will be required to carry out advanced research in the field and to develop courses and provide teaching and supervision to undergraduate and graduate students; they will be expected to provide and organize undergraduate teaching for one or more of the Department’s undergraduate papers in International Relations; to contribute to the core paper of the MPhil in International Relations; to supervise graduate students in the Department’s MPhil and DPhil programmes in International Relations; to deliver undergraduate tutorial or small-group teaching in Exeter College; and to participate in academic administration, examining and assessment, the admission of students to the Department and College, and in the governance of the Department and the College.

The post will be held in conjunction with a Tutorial Fellowship at Exeter College.

DPIR strongly encourages applications from women and/or candidates from a BME background as they are currently under-represented in academic posts.

If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford, please contact Nick Owen, Joint Head of Department at DPIR (

). All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. 

You will be required to upload a CV and a covering letter or statement. You are also required to provide details of three referees whom you have asked to submit confidential reference letters. Please ensure that your referees send their letters to

by the stated deadline for applications.

Circumstances such as caring responsibilities, ill health or disability may result in the quantity of a candidate's outputs being less than might otherwise be expected, therefore when considering candidate's research and publication record, career breaks will be taken into consideration.

Only applications received before 12:00 midday (UK time) on 26 March 2024 can be considered. Please quote reference 170554 in all correspondence.