Ashoka University, Department of Environment Studies

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) from the Social Sciences in the Department of Environmental Studies, Ashoka University

The Department of  Environmental Studies at Ashoka University invites applications for one position at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) to begin either January 2024 or August 2024.  

Successful candidates for the position will have outstanding research profiles, experience teaching undergraduates, and enthusiasm for helping develop and strengthen the environmental studies programme in a liberal arts institution. Candidates should have a PhD in sociology, anthropology, geography, or allied social science disciplines, by the beginning of the appointment. 

We welcome applications from scholars with research interests and field sites in India and abroad. The Department includes both scholars of the natural sciences and the humanities and social sciences, and aims to foster quality interdisciplinary scholarship.

Teaching load is generally 2-2, with provision for paid research leave. Ashoka offers attractive terms of remuneration and conditions of work.

Ashoka University strongly encourages applications by women and members of SC/ST/OBC and other groups under-represented in academia.

Applicants should submit: 1) a cover letter; 2) curriculum vitae; 3) statement of teaching philosophy; 4) statement on ongoing and planned research; 5) two samples of academic writing (article length); and 6) names and email IDs of three referees.

All materials should be submitted through Interfolio : https://apply.interfolio.com/127134

The deadline for submitting a complete application is: 31 August, 2023.