The University of Edinburgh has announced the appointment of up to 100 Chancellor’s Fellowships. The Chancellor’s Fellowships are 5-year positions, starting off with a period for extended research, then gradually morphing into permanent teaching and research positions at the end. They may be appointed on Grade 7 (like a regular Postdoctoral Fellow), Grade 8 (Lecturer), or in certain cases Grade 9 (Senior Lecturer).
 
We are very keen to encourage strong candidates from anthropology and development studies to apply. Our local presumption, though not spelled out formally in the announcement, is that we are looking for people with guaranteed evidence of research excellence - i.e publications in hand at the very top end of the quality ranking.
 
The School of Social and Political Science has identified key interdisciplinary areas it would like to attract applications for. (We are assuming they may be broadly interpreted.) The identified areas are:
Subject Areas:

• Politics and International Relations
• Science, Innovation and Technology Studies
• Social Anthropology
• Social Policy
• Social Work
• Sociology
• Strategic Areas (in one or more of the Subject Areas):
• British and/or Comparative Public Policy
• Environmental Policy
• Health Policy
• International Development (including political economy and economics of Development)
• International Relations (development/political economy, especially Latin America or East Asia)
• Justice and Human Rights
• Sustainable Development (including the developing world)
• Technology and Society

Full details can be found here. There are three deadlines, the first of which is in January 2012 and the last in April 2012.
 
Enquiries should be directed to Dr Neil Willett (neil.willett@ed.ac.uk) in the first instance, but anyone specifically interested in possibilities in social anthropology should also talk to our incoming Head of Subject, Ian Harper (ian.harper@ed.ac.uk).