Closing Date: 16 March 2022 (UK) at Midnight

Durham University is a globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a collegiate community of extraordinary people, in a unique and historic setting - Durham is a university like no other. The Department of Sociology is a supportive and exciting place to work or study Sociology, Criminology or Social Work. We are committed to producing the highest quality theoretically-informed research that makes a difference. Currently ranked 2^nd in the Times Good University Guide for Criminology and 5^th for Sociology, our ambitions are: to be a world-leading Department of Sociology; to deliver distinctive, challenging programmes; and to be fair, inclusive and socially responsible.

We welcome applications from candidates whose research would align with our Communities and Social Justice (CSJ) Research Group. This research theme is a core pillar of the work of Durham University's multi-disciplinary Centre for Social Justice and Community Action, which comprises academic staff at all levels and postgraduate researchers whose work focuses on community-based action for socially just change. Members of the Centre have specific expertise in the theory and practice of participatory action research. Core sub-themes within the CSJ research group include: 'communities in collaboration', 'contested communities' and 'communities in crisis'. Key areas currently explored by members of this group include: how 'community' is problematized and used in policy, practice and research; how communities respond to the crisis; the role of community-based approaches in promoting socially just change locally and globally; and new theoretical and practical approaches to community development and organising.

We would welcome applications from candidates whose research areas would complement or extend these areas. Candidates with expertise in theories of race, racism and intersectionality would be particularly welcomed, as would people with experience or interest in participatory approaches to research and community development and organising.