About us
The Department of Neuroimaging is one of four departments in the School of Neuroscience at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. It focuses on the use of neuroimaging techniques, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and Positron Emission Tomography (PET, in collaboration with the St Thomas' PET Centre) to accurately measure brain structure and function in health and disease. Research at the Department focuses on developing technology to extend the use of imaging to unreached cohorts, widen the palette of brain biomarkers and coverage of the central nervous system, and to improve image quality and the sensitivity and specificity of the derived biomarkers. Research is carried out in clinical cohorts, pre-clinical experimental, and in-vitro models to understand neurological and psychiatry disorders and to examine mechanisms and effects of potential new treatments.
The Department is located at the Centre for Neuroimaging Sciences (CNS) at Denmark Hill campus. Researchers have access to state-of-the-art imaging equipment for human MRI scanning at the CNS and at the NIHR King's Clinical Research Facility (CRF) as well as preclinical imaging at the BRAIN (Biomarker Research and Imaging for Neuroscience) Centre and provides NHS services under the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
About the School of Neuroscience
The School of Neuroscience is UK's 2nd largest Neuroscience school with over 500 researcher and 200 PhD students. It is one of three schools at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. We are ranked 4th in the world for the total number of publications in neuroscience, 4th for the number of publication outputs in top 5% citations in neuroscience, and 4th for top 5% citations in neurology.
Our academic and research staff are integral to our school. Their work is supported by a group of Professional Services staff members within the departments as well as at the school level. We support staff members requiring flexible working arrangements and reasonable adjustments. Upon consultation at the points of recruitment and onboarding, we will strive to provide the best adjustments for you.
We strongly encourage our staff to dedicate time to their professional development through training courses and participation in working groups and networks. We also encourage our staff to seek mentoring outside their direct line management. Mentoring, both via formal and informal arrangements, allows individuals to fully explore their career situation and development. Our weekly school circular regularly captures and promotes opportunities open to all staff.
About King's College London and the IoPPN
King's College London is amongst the top 40 universities in the world and top 10 in Europe (THE World University Rankings 2024), and one of England's oldest and most prestigious universities. With an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research, King's maintained its sixth position for 'research power' in the UK (2021 Research Excellence Framework). King's has more than 33,000 students (including more than 12,800 postgraduates) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 8,500 staff.
The Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's is a leading centre for mental health and neuroscience research in Europe. It produces more highly cited outputs (top 1% citations) on psychiatry and mental health than any other centre (SciVal 2021), and on this metric has risen from 16th (2014) to 4th (2022) in the world for highly cited neuroscience outputs. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF), 90% of research at the IoPPN was deemed 'world leading' or 'internationally excellent' (3* and 4*). World-leading research from the IoPPN has made, and continues to make, an impact on how we understand, prevent and treat mental illness, neurological conditions, and other conditions that affect the brain.
About the role
We are looking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Computational Social Neuroscience. The successful applicants will join a dynamic research environment in which they will be supported to develop their academic careers. They will be expected to secure external grant funding to support an internationally competitive research programme, to contribute to teaching, learning and curriculum development for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and to make a positive impact more broadly within the wider KCL community, particularly in computational methods and innovation.
The successful candidate will be responsible to the head of department and expected to develop their own research and be responsible for any grant-appointed staff.
This is a part time post (7 Hours per week), and you will be offered an indefinite contract.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. First degree in Psychology or Psychology and Neuroscience (2:1 or above) and PhD in Psychology or Neuroscience.
2. Expertise in one of the key areas: theoretical/computational neuroscience; computational psychiatry; cognitive/systems/clinical neuroscience.
3. Experience in delivering high quality UG/MSc research-led education in multiple settings and formats, including lecture, small group, digital and/or blended learning.
4. Experience in supervision of final year UG projects/MSc projects.
5. A track record of publications including publications meeting the Research Excellence Framework (REF) standard of 3* or higher.
6. Experience in writing competitive funding applications as PI or Co-I
7. Demonstrable (e.g. by publication record, open science webpages) experience in using quantitative data analysis methods, current transparent research practices, programming for data analysis and simulation (primarily in MATLAB, Python and/or R).
Desirable criteria
1. Higher Education teaching qualification (e.g. PGCAPHE).
2. Experience in psychopharmacology
3. Being a team player able to engage actively with students and colleagues and contribute to the management and administration of the programme.
Further information
We pride ourselves on being inclusive and welcoming. We embrace diversity and want everyone to feel that they belong and are connected to others in our community.
We are committed to working with our staff and unions on these and other issues, to continue to support our people and to develop a diverse and inclusive culture at King's.
We ask all candidates to submit a copy of their CV, and a supporting statement, detailing how they meet the essential criteria listed in the advert. If we receive a strong field of candidates, we may use the desirable criteria to choose our final shortlist, so please include your evidence against these where possible.
To find out how our managers will review your application, please take a look at our ' How we Recruit' pages.
Interviews are due to be held on 10/4/2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr