The Department of War Studies has a large and diverse faculty. We are a theoretically and methodologically diverse Department with expertise in areas including, but not limited to, conflict resolution, contemporary and historical warfare, gender, international relations, migration and borders, security studies, strategic studies, technology and violence.  

 

The Department is located within the School of Security Studies and the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. Together, we are committed to embedding good diversity and inclusion practice into all of our activities. We are committed to encouraging further growth in our diversity, and we look forward to welcoming applicants of all abilities and backgrounds, whom we are able to support with our flexible varied working practices. Overall, King’s values the diversity of its staff and student body and recognises that this is both a strength and a defining feature of King’s as a London university in a global context.  

The Department of War Studies seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Foreign Policy and Grand Strategy Education to contribute to the Department’s teaching and research capacity on issues related to foreign policy and grand strategy. This is a 1-year, fixed term post. 

 

This post is offered on the Academic Education Pathway (AEP) and is focused on the delivery of education, education-related scholarship and leadership in education.

 

The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering high-quality, innovative undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of BA and MA teaching in the Department of War Studies. Modules may include, at the BA level, Conflict and Diplomacy, History of the International System, Global Cold War, Grand Strategy and the Foundations of Anglo-American Statecraft, Statecraft and Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and National Security in the 21st Century, and Diplomacy and Crises. At the MA level, modules may include National Security Studies, Diplomacy and Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy Analysis in an Age of Great Power Competition, and Small States and International Security.

 

The successful candidate will work with students from a wide range of backgrounds and will be responsible for enabling student success. 

 

The postholder will also undertake and publish high-quality scholarship and play a role in the institutional and intellectual development of War Studies and undertake Departmental, School, Faculty and University administrative duties as required.

 

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 31/08/2026