Role
We seek to appoint two Lecturers (on “Academic, Research and Teaching” contracts). We are looking for outstanding candidates who will conduct cutting edge psychological research that complements and extends key strategic growth areas within the Department. These areas include cognitive, affective and social neuroscience, social psychology and intergroup relations, cross-cultural psychology, and media psychology. We are also keen to hear from individuals whose research has clear potential for (or has already demonstrated) societal impact. The candidate must also be able to contribute to teaching on our BPS-accredited BSc and MSci Psychology programmes and/or our MSc programmes, including project supervision in popular areas such as social psychology, mental health and cognitive neuroscience.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
1. PhD in Psychology or equivalent experience
2. Proven ability to contribute to relevant high quality research, including demonstrated potential for 4* REF outputs
3. Experience of applying for and success with research funding
4. Experience of taking responsibility for, planning and delivering excellent teaching, learning, and supervision at undergraduate and postgraduate level, in areas of strategic need (e.g., children/adolescent/adult mental health and data science)
Interview date: w/c 15 September 2025
General informal enquiries to Professor Lisa Henderson, Head of Department (lisa-marie.henderson@york.ac.uk), research enquiries to Professor Harriet Over (harriet.over@york.ac.uk), teaching enquiries to Professor Paul Bishop (paul.bishop@york.ac.uk), procedural enquiries to PA to Head of Department (rebecca.connolly@york.ac.uk)
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