Assistant Professor in Education

Institute of Education

Higher School of Economics 

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 the Institute of Education

Institute of Education is a leading Russian think tank and center 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 centers 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;
• Analysing digital traces, click stream data, or learner behaviours in the context of improving teaching and learning;
• Self regulated learning strategies during online learning and it's measurement;
• Lifelong learning in an online environment;
• Human behaviour during online learning;
• Inequality in online learning (learning poverty, digital divide, gender gap, benefits for different groups of students, etc);
• Сritical 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;
• Critical thinking skills and dispositions development in general and higher education;
• School leadership: distributed, middle, transformational, instructional etc.;
• Transforming school models and organisational design;
• Autonomy development and making life choices in adolescence and youth in different life areas (education, family relationships, place of residence etc.);
• Modelling of factors of school failure and development of preventive interventions based on longitudinal study data;
• Vocationalization 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;
• Contribution of Higher Education to Individuals and Society: a Comprehensive Accounting;
• Efficiency, Performance and Impact of Higher Education Institutions;
• University research capacity in Post-Soviet Countries;
• Regional Studies of Higher Education;
• University campuses;
• 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 2024) 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 (indexed to inflation annually and subject to a 13% flat income tax), 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 31, 2024

Apply now

 For more information:

• about Tenure Track recruitment -Frequently Asked Questions
  
• about HSE university –official web-site
  
• about the Institute of Education – https://ioe.hse.ru/en/
  
• about international specialists' life in Moscow -International Faculty Support 

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact the International Faculty Recruitment Office at iri@hse.ru