**Position Summary **

The UCD School of Sociology holds a premier place in the field of sociology in Ireland. It has a longstanding commitment to societally relevant research, interdisciplinary scholarship,and the provision of innovative and dynamic programmes at graduate and undergraduate levels. These programmes are underpinned by an extensive and diverse range of staff specialisms that address the defining issues of the day. Teaching and research in the school generally coheres around the following themes: Comparative Social Change; Health, Wellbeing and Society; Crime, Violence and Conflict; Cultural Sociology; Race, Migration and Decolonial Studies; Demography; **Social Network Analysis and Computational Sociology. **

Applications are invited for one permanent post of Lecturer/Assistant Professor or Associate Professor, depending on level of experience. We are seeking candidates who can make a significant contribution in a substantive area of sociology, particularly candidates who specialise in social media or digital sociology from quantitative and statistical perspectives, and who can teach modules in computational sociology.

UCD Job Application: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
Close Date :                  10-Jan-2020
HR Reference number: 011907