Job: Professor of Modern History of Science and Innovation, University of Westminster
University of Westminster - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
| Location: | London |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Permanent |
| Placed on: | 18th January 2016 |
| Closes: | 22nd February 2016 |
| Job Ref: | 2381 |
Permanent, full time post
Regent Campus
The University of Westminster is a cosmopolitan institution, which is
closely involved in business, professional and academic life within
London as well as overseas. Noted not only for the depth of its
engagement with practice and the professions but also for its
longstanding and far reaching commitment to student diversity and
opportunity, the University has over 22,000 students and is home to
world leading research in a number of areas.
In pursuit of its 2020 strategic objective of building
interdisciplinary research activity, the University now seeks to appoint
internationally renowned professors with an interdisciplinary
expertise. The positions will sit in a number of research areas across
the University’s Faculties: Architecture and the Built Environment;
Media, Arts and Design; Science and Technology; Social Sciences and
Humanities; and Business. The appointees will offer intellectual
leadership to strengthen existing research groups, making fresh and
impactful connections across disciplines which will deepen the
University’s contribution to wider society.
The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of
Westminster is a dynamic centre of research in the heart of London. We
have a tradition of critical research into leading topics in the Social
Sciences and Humanities with internationally renowned research centres
in the study of democracy, science and the imagination, contemporary
China, the legal profession and modern contemporary culture. The
University has a rich tradition of scientific innovation and promoting
public engagement with science. We are continuously developing and
building on our international-leading research and have a commitment to
diversity and inclusion.
We seek to appoint a leading, internationally-recognised researcher
in the field of the modern history of science and innovation. The
successful applicant will pull together strands of research and practice
from across the Faculty and the University and build a research
strength in the modern historical evolution of scientific and
technological development.
The post holder will be located in the Department of History,
Sociology and Criminology (HSC) in the Faculty of Social Sciences and
Humanities.
Westminster History has established research and teaching strengths
in twentieth-century British and European history which extends across
to a network of historians in the University. The post holder will
assume a leadership role in developing the research profile of
Westminster History, building links between HSC and other departments in
the Faculty as well as with other Faculties. The post holder will
consolidate a network of vibrant research which demonstrates the links
and connections between the history of scientific endeavour,
technological development and everyday social and cultural life.
We are seeking a high-calibre candidate, working at the intersection
of historical, scientific and technological studies, with a record of
internationally-acclaimed scholarship and who is able to forge new and
exciting partnerships both within and outside the university.
Further information and how to apply can be seen found at http://www.perrettlaver.
All email or telephone enquiries, in the first instance, should be directed to Dr Massimiliano Fiore via massimiliano.fiore@
The remuneration and salary package will be competitive and commensurate with experience.
Job reference number: 2381
Closing date: 09.00 GMT, 22nd February 2016
Interviews will be held on: weeks commencing 4th and 11th of April