The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) invites applications in for its Politics program.

The selected candidate(s) would join the vibrant and research active Politics stream within the Department in the Mushtaq Ahmad Gurmani School of Humanities and Social Sciences (MGSHSS). The selected candidate(s) would teach undergraduate students taking the wide range of degrees offered by the School, including in particular the department's two degrees focused on politics: the BSc (Honors) in Political Science and the BSc (Honors) in Politics and Economics. Both programs encourage students to examine Pakistan and the wider globalising world using a variety of conceptual lenses supplied by the social sciences to learn multiple ways of solving problems and explore areas of inquiry that intersect traditional disciplines. 

The candidates will have a specialization in any field of Politics, International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Economy, and Political Theory. The applicants should demonstrate a strong interest in and commitment to undergraduate teaching in Pakistan, an active research and publishing program in one of the fields noted above, and a commitment to institution-building. The selected candidate(s) will also be expected to contribute to the intellectual life of the department and the university more broadly.

The department is open to accepting both pre-and post-PhD applicants. This is a full-time on-campus position and the selected candidate(s) will be expected to be physically present on campus during employment, including in-person teaching.

Interested applicants should submit a copy of their current curriculum vitae and a cover letter, and the names of three referees to the mentioned email address.