Institute of Education

Assistant Professor in Education (multiple positions)

National Research University Higher School of Economics

Moscow, Russia

The Institute of Education of the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor in education and all subfields, notably in the fields of research methods, program evaluation, economics of education, organization studies, leadership studies in education, test development, innovation studies, math education, social studies education and sociology of childhood. Applications for Associate and Full Professorships can also be considered in exceptional cases. Knowledge of Russian is not required as teaching is done in English.

About HSE

The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university. Over the past twenty years, the HSE has become one of Russia's largest universities in the fields of economics, social sciences and humanities, and has earned the reputation of a national leader in higher education. One of its unique features has been its direct involvement in socioeconomic reforms in Russia, which has allowed HSE to develop as a “project and research university” where education, fundamental and applied research, and "think tank" activities are combined for the comprehensive development of society. Committed to high-quality research, HSE now has over twenty international research laboratories, led by eminent professors from all over the world; more such laboratories are expected to be opened by early 2016.

The research priorities of the Institute of Education include:

- Educational and life trajectories of students (based on unique longitudinal data) in cooperation with University of California (Berkley) and Stanford University;

- Learning analytics and online pedagogy in cooperation with Catholic University Leuven;
- Curriculum and Instruction (including higher education) in cooperation with Durham University and University of Washington.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a recent Ph.D. in education or related fields, or be within a year of completion at the time of application. The successful candidate is expected to conduct high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals with research support provided by the university’s Centre for Advanced Studies. The appointments will be made for three years in the first instance, starting in September 2016, with reviews of teaching and research during the third year.

Benefits

The salary is competitive, indexed to inflation annually, and subject to a 13% flat income tax. The university offers health insurance (free of charge), language assistance, and other social benefits; travel support and other research assistance are generous. Since we have heavy emphasis placed on high quality research, the teaching load of newly hired faculty is relatively low and service is minimal.

Application and Interviews

Please provide a CV, a statement of research interest and a recent research paper via online application form. At least 2 letters of reference should be forwarded directly to the attention of Education Review Committee at cas@hse.ru.

The deadline for accepting application materials is December 21, 2015.

More information about the university and the Centre is available at the www.hse.ru/en, http://ioe.hse.ru/en/ and https://iri.hse.ru/.

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