Assistant Professor in Education

The Institute of Education in Moscow of the Higher School of Economics, Russia invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor in Education and related fields.

About HSE University

The Higher School of Economics (HSE University) is a young, dynamic, and fast-growing Russian research university. Over the past 30 years, HSE University has become a leader in Russian education, while also being recognized globally.

For instance, we were the first state-run university in Russia to begin recruiting on the international academic market. We aim at being a university with a highly attuned approach to training new professionals. Therefore, we are eager to hire people with real experience, as well as basic and applied knowledge. Committed to high-quality research, HSE University now has more than 100 research institutes and centres and over 30 international research laboratories collaborating with international specialists from all over the world.

About the Institute of Education

Institute of Education is a leading Russian think tank and centre for research, training, and professional networking in education with extended international partnership. Institute of Education is also a holder of unique high-quality databases on different levels of education in Russia that are gathered by its research centres and laboratories.

Requirements

The general requirements for the tenure track positions are the following:

Candidates must hold a PhD in the field Education, Economics, Sociology, Psychology, or related areas which was awarded over the last 5 years or received before starting work at the HSE University in a relevant field by an internationally recognized university and has been assessed by external reviewers as having the potential to pursue research that is publishable in leading peer-reviewed journals;

·         Teaching experience at leading foreign universities is desirable;

·        Experience in preparing publications in WoS and Scopus Q1-Q2 journals;

·        Skills in working with statistical software Stata and/or R, Pythonis a plus;

·        Skills in psychometric modelling are a plus;

·        Knowledge of Russian is not required as research and teaching are both conducted in English. Therefore, fluent English is obligatory.

The successful candidate is expected to conduct high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals with research support provided by the University.

Participants are encouraged to pursue their own research along with working on Institute’s research projects in following areas:

·        Wellbeing in education;

·        Online collaborative learning - specifically teacher, peer, or AI feedback;

·        Problem solving support and instructional design in online learning environments;

·        Instructional design in online environment;

·        Self-regulated learning strategies during online learning and it's measurement;

·        Critical thinking and/or creativity, practices that foster creativity and critical thinking in school or higher education; teacher/adult education in the field of creativity and critical thinking (including professional learning communities);

·        Comparative curriculum analysis in general and higher education;

·        School leadership: distributed, middle, transformational, instructional etc.;

·        Transforming school models and organisational design in various socio-economic and local contexts;

·        Autonomy development in different ages, practices of autonomy support by school staff and family members;

·        Control and autonomy support in education and families: cross-cultural studies;

·        Stress at school: measures, coping strategies, prevention programs;

·        Making life choices in youth in different life areas (education, family relationships, place of residence etc.);

·        Digital parenting and parental education;

·        Modelling of factors of school failure and development of preventive interventions based on longitudinal study data;

·        Cationization of education and the changing nature and role of vocational education and training;

·        Educational and career trajectories of youth in a longitudinal perspective;

·        Issues in measurement of educational progress and development;

·        Effects and structure of children’s extracurricular education and after-school time;

·        Inequality and equity in school and extracurricular education;

·        Child’s capital, structure, quality, and benefits of children’s after-school time;

·        Contribution of higher education to individuals and society;

·        Efficiency, performance, and impact of higher education institutions;

·        University research capacity in Post-Soviet Countries;

·        Regional studies of higher education;

·        University campuses;

·        Undergraduate and graduate student experience;

·        Transformation of doctoral education;

·        Adult learning and education at universities;

·        Skills for productivity (personal effectiveness);

·        Personalization of assessment using AI algorithms (CAT);

·        Psychometric properties of digital tools using log file analysis,

·        Features of measuring complex constructs in digital environments (the role of personality traits, individual cognitive characteristics, interface design, etc.);

·        AI technologies in assessment;

·        AI literacy assessment;

·        Schools’ digital transformation and its measurements;

·        AI literacy definition and its formation in K-12;

·        AI tools use in K-12: practices for active AI-supported learning;

·        Teachers’ professional development for educational transformation;

·        and more

Conditions

Tenure track positions are only available on a full-time, residential basis.

Overall, appointments are usually made for an initial three-year period (starting September 2025), and, upon successful completion of an interim review, contracts are normally extended for a further three years until the tenure review.

HSE University provides excellent opportunities for international faculty. For instance, we can offer a competitive salary, health insurance, travel support, research support and other benefits. Since there is a key focus on generating high quality research, the teaching load of newly hired faculty is low. All individual terms of employment will be reflected in the offer letter.

Application Process

Applications must be submitted online. Please provide a CV, a statement of research interest and a recent research paper submitted via an online application form. At least two letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the Review Committee at International Faculty Recruitment at iri@hse.ru before the application deadline.

Read more about the application process here.

The deadline for the applications is January 15, 2025

Apply now

For more information:

●     about Tenure Track recruitment -Frequently Asked Questions;

●     about HSE university –official website;

●     about the Institute of Education – https://ioe.hse.ru/en/;

●     about international specialists' life in Moscow -International Faculty Support page.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the International Faculty Recruitment Office at iri@hse.ru or the international relations manager at the Institute of Education at apolyanskaya@hse.ru.