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Staff posts
There are no staff vacancies open at this time.
Academic posts
Fellowship by Special Election
in conjunction with University Associate Professorship in Politics, Technology & Computational Social Science
The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) and the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM) at the Department for Politics and International Relations (DPIR) are seeking to appoint an Associate Professor of Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science, to start from approximately Trinity Term 2026. This post is held in association with Reuben College. The successful candidate will be appointed to a Fellowship by Special Election at Reuben College and will become a member of the College’s Governing Body.
The post-holder will be expected to conduct internationally excellent research at the intersection of politics, technology, and computational social science methods. They will contribute to graduate-level teaching and supervision, participate in admissions, examining and assessment, and engage fully in academic administration across OII, DPIR, and Reuben College. The post-holder will be based in CASSM at DPIR and is expected to divide their time equally between duties in OII and DPIR.
We welcome applications from candidates with a research profile in fields such as computational social science, political science, social data science, or related disciplines. While formal training in political science is not required, applicants should demonstrate a capacity to engage with and contribute to political science literature. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake innovative research that combines advanced computational social science methods with data-driven insights into questions of politics and technology. We strongly encourage applications from women and/or candidates from a BME background as they are currently under-represented in academic posts.
If you would like to discuss this post and find out more about joining the academic community at Oxford, please contact Ben Ansell, Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Professorial Fellow, Nuffield College (ben.ansell@politics.ox.ac.uk)
All enquiries will be treated in strict confidence and will not form part of the selection decision.
Closing date: 12 noon, Friday 5 December
Official Fellowships in Values & Society
Reuben College seeks to recruit to a number of Official (Governing Body) Fellowships in its growing Values & Society theme.
To be eligible, applicants must be currently employed by the University of Oxford’s Humanities Division on a research, teaching & research, or language teaching post at Grade 7 or above.
Closing date: 12 noon, Monday 5 January 2026
