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Fellowship on Russia and Northern European Defence and Security Research 2017 - Oxford Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford, UK

Publish Date: Feb 04, 2017

Deadline: Feb 15, 2017

About the fellowship

PEMBROKE COLLEGE

The Changing Character of War Programme in Pembroke College and the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford seeks applications for an Academic Director of Research on Russia and Northern European Defence and Security. The postholder will be responsible for the academic direction of research on Russia undertaken under the programme’s auspices and will also pursue her/his own research in one of the core disciplines of the programme. The programme requires a person with the energy, tact and strategic vision to make a significant contribution to a complex research programme, and to provide an intellectually stimulating environment for the CCW research team, particularly its Visiting Fellows (who are both practitioners as well as academics and drawn from many countries). The successful candidate will hold a doctorate in the relevant field of research and will have experience of managing projects and individuals. They will also demonstrate an ability to engage both academic and practitioner audiences in research activities.

Salary

The salary for the post will be in the range £39,324 - £46,924 p.a., with the precise point determined by qualifications and experience. This is a full-time post and is for a fixed term until 30 September 2019. An extension of contract thereafter is possible where funds have been successfully secured. Office space and other facilities will be provided in Pembroke College or in the Department of Politics and International Relations.

DUTIES OF THE POST

The duties of the Academic Director of Research on Russia and Northern European Defence and Security, under the direction of the CCW Programme Director, are:

  •   To engage in high level research in this field and to co-ordinate the research undertaken by the CCW Programme;

  •   To provide advice and academic support to Programme Visiting Fellows in this research field and its related areas;

  •   To organise the research activities of the CCW Programme on Russia and Northern European defence and security, liaising with the Programme Director and Steering Committee, and promoting its research projects both inside and outside the University;

  •   To assist the Director in the delivery of research seminars, fora, conferences, workshops and advisory panels in this specific field, including our work with governments and armed forces;

  •   To represent the Programme externally at national and international level; and thus build on the

    national and international profile and reputation of the Programme;

  •   To assist the Director in the development of networks of useful contacts among practitioners

    and to engage the policy community;

  •   To liaise closely with our partner organisations and institutions in this field of research;

  •   To develop the funding of the Programme.

The closing date for applications is midday (12.00 noon GMT) on Wednesday 15 February 2017. Interviews are expected to take place on Wednesday 1 March. 

The University terms and conditions shown elsewhere on this site do not apply to this post.

Pembroke College is an equal opportunities employer. It welcomes diversity amongst its staff and students and all reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment process, working arrangements and/or environment to accommodate applicants with any form of disability.

Please let us know if you believe there are any reasonable adjustments we should be making to assist you with your application. If you feel that you have a disability which may affect your application, please let us know. Please also let us know of any reasonable adjustments that we would need to make for you to attend an interview. 

THE OXFORD PROGRAMME ON THE CHANGING CHARACTER OF WAR

In 2003, as the result of a nation-wide competition, the University was awarded £1.1 million by the Leverhulme Trust to fund a five-year programme on the ‘Changing Character of War’ (CCW). Since then, new funding streams have enabled the life of the programme to be extended. In 2012, Dr Rob Johnson took over as Director, and, with a Director of Studies appointed in 2014, the programme has secured over £2.4 million of new funding and established a new research agenda. Located at Pembroke College, the intellectual hub of the Programme is the Department of Politics and International Relations where it also has an office; however, the Programme is interdisciplinary and is also associated with the Faculties of Philosophy, Modern History, Anthropology, Sociology, Development Studies and Law.

Currently the CCW Programme’s full-time core academic staff consists of the Director (Dr Rob Johnson), the Director of Studies (Dr Annette Idler). The Steering Committee is chaired by Professor Dominic Johnson (St Antony’s), the Alistair Buchan Chair of Strategic Studies. The Programme’s principal activities are a programme of bi-weekly seminars during term, the delivery of the Chief of the Defence Staff’s Strategy Forum, workshops, conferences, an annual lecture, and, from 2015, a peer-reviewed journal, the New Strategist. The Programme has a number of colleagues within Oxford University and in the wider academic and practitioner communities collaborating with its projects, as well as an active visitor programme and global partnerships with other institutions. It brings together academics and practitioners to engage in collaborative discussions and to provoke thoughtful debate on issues of mutual interest. The focus is on facilitating academic research and practitioner engagement, as well as publishing edited volumes of essays and single-authored books, many in its own CCW Series with OUP.

Research themes

The CCW Programme has identified a number of specific areas for investigation.

These are:

  • War and the State: Diplomacy, Politics and War Ethics, Law and War
  • International Institutions and Human Security Strategy, Operations and Doctrine
  • Violent non-state actors
  • New technologies and Armed Conflict

The CCW programme has developed a number of themed area studies to ground the research it undertakes. There are currently team members working on the Middle East, South and Central America, South and East Asia, Central and East Africa, and the United States. We currently have a vacancy for Russia and Northern Europe.

Research for the CCW Programme analyses current thinking about the conduct, terminology, technology and structural development of war from a variety of disciplinary angles, as well as the effect of national, regional and world organisations on its nature. The CCW Programme fosters interdisciplinary collaboration between research areas.

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https://www.ox.ac.uk/about/jobs/academic/index/ac23171j/

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