Associate Professor in International Trade and - Durham, United Kingdom - Durham University

Durham University
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Associate Professor in International Trade and Arbitration LAW23-2

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Durham Law School

Grade 9:

  • £54,949
  • £61,823 per annum
Open-Ended/Permanent - Full Time


Contracted Hours per Week: 35


Closing Date: 05-Apr-2023, 5:59:00 PM


Disclosure and Barring Service Requirement:
Not Applicable.


Working at Durham University


As one of the UK's leading universities, Durham is an incredible place to define your career while enjoying a high-quality work/life balance.

We are home to some of the most talented scholars and researchers from around the world who are tackling global issues and making a difference to people's lives.


Find out more about the benefits of working at the University and what it is like to live and work in the Durham area on our Why Durham? information page.

A competitive salary is only one part of the many fantastic benefits you will receive if you join the University: you will also receive access to the following Total Rewards - Grade 9


The Department
Durham Law School is a leading law school.

Consistently ranked in the Top 10 nationally and Top 50 globally, it has been growing strongly over the past few years and now comprises a community of over 100 academics and professional support staff.

Durham Law School fosters innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to legal research and wishes to attract scholars with strong backgrounds in these areas.

The Law School provides a supportive environment for its community of academics, which comprises a very generous sabbatical policy and an infrastructure of high-profile research centres that brings together colleagues for collaborative projects.

The School is housed in the iconic Palatine Centre overlooking Durham Cathedral in the heart of the city, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

It is located on the main East Coast trainline connecting to London and Edinburgh and also within convenient reach of Newcastle Airport.

The School has an extensive network of leading international partner institutions and close ties with the City of London and the Inns of Court.

It counts among its alumni two Supreme Court Justices.


Our top-ranked global law courses are very competitive with an excellent and diverse student population from across the world delivering a cutting-edge, research-led curriculum with a commitment to small group teaching through seminars and tutorials much prized by employers.

Our School's strategic objectives put EDI at the heart of everything that we do.

We are committed to Equality Diversity and Inclusion and actively develop our policies and procedures to ensure that everyone within our community is treated fairly and is provided with the same opportunities.

This applies to our everyday working in teaching, research and administration, including academic progression and promotion processes. Our Law School is holds a Athena Swan Bronze award.


This post offers an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to the development of internationally excellent research and teaching while allowing you unrivalled opportunities to progress and embed your career in an exciting and progressive institution.

For more information, please visit our School's pages at Durham Law School - Durham University


Associate Professors at Durham
Associate Professors on the Education and Research track are encouraged to focus on research and teaching quality, and innovation. We of course value research income, which is a necessary input to drive research outputs and impact.


Academic colleagues are supported to publish internationally excellent research in high impact outputs including (monographs, essays in edited volumes, book chapters), in their area of interest with a focus on quality rather than quantity.

We will fully support your research needs including practical help such as resources to attend conferences and to fund research activity, as well as a generous research leave policy and a designated mentor.

Sitting alongside world class research; teaching quality and innovation is critical to ensure a first-class learning environment and curricula for all of our students.

You will be supported to develop your existing teaching expertise and to engage in teaching innovation to embed our student experience.


Engagement in wider citizenship is expected as your career develops, to support your department and wider discipline, and to contribute to the wider student experience.


Associate Professor in Trade and Arbitration

Key responsibilities:


  • Pursue research that is worldleading in terms of originality, significance and rigour, commensurate with the Department's continuing emphasis on international excellence;
  • To make a significant contribution to the development of successful research project/ fellowship proposals in pursuit of suitable national and international funding opportunities to support research and enduser engagement.
  • Deliver excellent teaching off
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