EIO has been a major programme of research at the Institution for New Economic Thinking Oxford and the Department of Social Policy and Intervention since 2014. The research programme is broad-ranging and interdisciplinary in scope, probing the drivers and implications of economic inequality through the perspectives of social policy, economics, sociology and political science.
The appointee will provide the overall vision and strategy for the EIO research programme and actively engage in the academic life of the Department and INET Oxford. They will direct a programme of leading-edge research with responsibility for recruiting and supervising research staff and engaging with collaborators both in Oxford and internationally. They will serve as a member of the INET Oxford Management Committee with oversight of the EIO programme’s budgets and responsibility for setting standards of work and ensuring compliance. They will prepare funding proposals and reports to funders as required.
They will be expected to publish work in high impact peer-review journals and present at international conferences and workshops, communicating research findings to a wide range of stakeholders, including policymakers. They will also supervise Masters and DPhil students and contribute to teaching and administration in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention.
The appointment will be made in association with a non-tutorial fellowship at Nuffield College.
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