Senior Researcher for the C-MISE Programme

Deadline: 14 April, 2022

Reporting to the Director of the Global Exchange on Migration and Diversity, you will be Principal Investigator and lead for the award-winning City Initiative on Migrants with Irregular Status in Europe (C-MISE).

You will provide clear leadership for this innovative programme as it moves into the next phase of its development, being integral in the formulation of its new strategic plan. You will have a passion both for academic research and for knowledge exchange with policy makers, NGOs, and other stakeholders. You will be able to equally balance these two aspects of the role, undertaking research with pathways for publishing in an academic context, alongside a clear focus on applied knowledge exchange and policy engagement.

The post is offered on a full-time basis for up to 34 months, available from 1 June 2022 or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is based in the UK. Requests for flexible working will always be taken into consideration and will be accommodated as far as possible.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford and those with lived experience of the immigration system. The deadline for applications is 12 noon GMT on 14 April 2022, it is expected that interviews will take place on 26 April 2022.