Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
McMaster University
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition. The Faculty of Social Sciences at McMaster University invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant or junior associate professor level whose focus will be Global Social
Policy. The field of global social policy examines the degree of globalization of social policy, the social content of global
politics and the impact of globalization on nation-state social policies. It includes topics such as: the impact of supranational
organizations on the making of national social policy; policy developments favouring global social redistribution of
resources; global social health policy-making; transnational labour regulation; global social provision and empowerment;
the role of international civil society (transnational social movements and international NGOs) in social policy areas; and
the role of the business world in shaping the global discourse on social policy and development. The candidate should be
capable of effective teaching and supervision at the graduate level in the a Social Science Department such as, but not
limited to, Economics, Political Science, Social Work or Sociology, and be able to provide a course on global social policy
for the interdisciplinary MA in Globalization Studies offered by the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
(IGHC). The candidate must also be able to contribute effectively to the undergraduate programme in their disciplinary
home Department. The candidate should have a PhD or be near completion and show promise of excellence in teaching
and research. The Faculty expects the person who takes up the position to engage in an independent research programme
yielding significant peer-reviewed publications. McMaster has an innovative and extensive Globalization research
programme housed in the Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition (http://globalization.mcmaster.ca/) and is the current home of the journal
Global Social Policy (http://www.gaspp.org/journal/). The successful candidate's programme of
research should be complementary to international research initiatives such as the Globalism and Social Policy Programme
(http://www.gaspp.org/index.asp) An application, including curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, a teaching dossier
(including an outline for an undergraduate course and an interdisciplinary graduate course in Globalization Studies) and
a copy of a recent publication or paper should be sent to:
Dr. Robert O'Brien, Acting Director
Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition
McMaster University
1280 Main Street West
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M4
Deadline for applications: December 15th, 2005
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