Deadline: Monday 4 November 2013

Nuffield College, University of Oxford, intends to appoint, with effect from 1 September 2014, two Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows in Sociology.

Applications are invited from graduates wishing to undertake research in any area of Sociology. The main interests of the College are in Economics, Politics and Sociology, but these are broadly construed to include, for example, social science approaches to history, social and medical statistics, international relations, social psychology, public policy, and social policy. The College offers separate Fellowship competitions for applicants researching in Economics and in Politics. Applicants who wish to undertake interdisciplinary research in social science may apply to one or more of the three Fellowship competitions. Applicants who wish to undertake research in Economic History, or interdisciplinary research in Sociology which includes Economics and/or Politics are welcome to apply for the Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Sociology. The Sociology Group particularly encourages applications from candidates who work or plan to work in the field of one or more of the College’s Sociology Fellows.

Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellows’ main responsibility is to engage in scholarly research (collaborations with Fellows and postdocs in College and around Oxford are of course welcomed). They have no teaching or administrative obligations but are expected to participate in the intellectual life of the College. They will be expected to organise a seminar or workshop in their subject area during the three-year term of their appointment and the College can help finance and organise these activities.

•  Post-doctoral salary starts at £23,548 p.a.
•  Research budget £2,561 p.a.
•  Free single College accommodation or £5,393 p.a. housing allowance
•  Free lunch and dinner in College
•  Child support funds available

To be eligible, candidates should hold a bachelors and/or masters degree and should by 1 September 2014 have completed, or be close to completing, a doctorate. Candidates must not have spent more than a total of eight years in postgraduate study, teaching or research in the social sciences by the date of taking up the Fellowship, and should not have previously held a research fellowship similar to that advertised.

The Fellowships are to be taken up on 1 September 2014. The appointment will be for 3 years.

Further particulars and the application form are available on the College web page or from the Administrative Officer, Nuffield College, Oxford OX1 1NF. Email:  pprf@nuffield.ox.ac.uk. The  College  exists  to  promote  excellence  in  education  and research,  and  is  an  equal opportunities  employer  committed  to  equality  and  valuing diversity.  Applications  are particularly welcome from black and minority ethnic candidates, who are currently under- represented in posts in the College.