Brown University seeks a distinguished scholar-practitioner with significant experience in international affairs to serve as Director of the Thomas J. Watson Jr. Institute for International Studies. Established in 1990, the Institute’s mission is to provide a University-wide focus for research and teaching on international relations.

The Director is responsible for shaping and supervising the Institute’s ongoing initiatives and research activities, and provides intellectual leadership for its multi-disciplinary community of affiliated faculty members, research scholars, visiting foreign policy practitioners, and postdoctoral fellows. The Director has overall responsibility for the Institute’s day-to-day operations, including budget and finance, fundraising, and external relations. The Director reports to the University’s Provost and is supported by a distinguished Board of Overseers.

Brown is seeking candidates who have made significant contributions to the spheres of foreign policy, diplomacy, and international development in academia and/or through leadership in policy making roles in the government, international organizations and non-government organizations. Candidates should have a demonstrated record of institutional and intellectual leadership, creative program building, and working at the interface between scholarship, policy and practice.

Applications and confidential nominations may be addressed to: Tim McFeeley and Sean Farrell, Isaacson, Miller, Email: 4430@IMsearch.com, 1875 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 710, Washington, DC 20009, Phone: (202) 216-2273, Fax: (202) 682-1272.

Brown University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person because of race, color, sex, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, disability, status as a veteran, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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