Lecturer - Environment and Sustainable Development University College London

University College London - Development Planning Unit

Full Time : The appointment will be on UCL Grade 7. The salary range will be Grade 7 £35,707 - £38,744 Grade 8 £39,818 - £46,972 per annum, inclusive of London Allowance.

The Development Planning Unit (DPU) is an international centre specialising in academic teaching, practical training, research and consultancy in the field of urban and regional development and planning. It is concerned with promoting sustainable forms of development, understanding rapid urbanisation and encouraging innovation in the policy, planning and management responses to the economic, social and environmental development of cities and regions, especially in Asia, Africa and Latin America.

We are seeking to appoint a highly competent and intellectually exciting individual, with a solid academic record grounded on either ecological economics or political ecology and capable of making an innovative contribution to support environmentally just urbanisation against the backdrop of a changing climate, resource scarcities, and ecosystem degradation but also of high inequality in the distribution of environmental burdens and benefits within urban regions of the global south. She/he will be expected to consolidate and expand the research portfolio of the DPU by bringing new and complementary intellectual perspectives on the understanding of the geography, economics and politics of socio-environmental change and urban transitions in the aforementioned context.

We are looking for someone with the following qualifications and skills:
Educated to PhD level in a directly relevant discipline with a good understanding of the current debates and literature within the subject area as well as a relevant research record and solid publications record. Experience as a lecturer at the postgraduate level, and in the organisation and management of a course at postgraduate level as well as experience in preparing research proposals aimed at a wide range of funding sources but in particular the UK Research Councils.

For further details about the vacancy and how to apply on line please go to http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/jobs/ and search on Reference Number 1247563.

Informal enquiries about the post can be made to the MSc Environment and Sustainable Development Course Director, Dr Adriana Allen ( a.allen@ucl.ac.uk ).

If you have queries regarding the vacancy or the application process please contact Hema Tank DPU Senior Administrator ( h.tank@ucl.ac.uk ), tel: 0207 679 1117.

For more details about the ESD Programme applicants should visit: http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/dpu/programmes/postgraduate/msc-environment-sustainable-development

Closing Date: 16/5/2012

Interview Date: Interviews to be held one week after the deadline date