Lecturer (teaching) Quantitative Social Science (maternity cover

Lecturer (teaching) Quantitative Social Science (maternity cover)

r B16-02183 Professional Expertise Teaching, Teaching Support and Examination Support Department School of Education (B16) Location London Working Pattern Full time Salary £54,931-£64,644 Contract Type Fixed-term Working Type Hybrid Available for Secondment No Closing Date 04-Aug-2026

UCL Institute of Education

Founded in 1902, UCL Institute of Education has been shaping policy and helping government, organisations and individuals navigate a changing society for the last 120 years. We embrace collaboration and excellence to create a future that is inclusive and just and have been ranked number one for education every year since 2014 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject.

The Social Research Institute, formerly the Department of Social Science in the UCL Institute of Education, is one of the leading centres for social research in the UK. It is home to seven internationally renowned research units:

• Centre for Longitudinal Studies
• Centre for Time Use Research
• Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources (CLOSER)
• Evidence for Policy & Practice Information Centre (EPPI)
• Quantitative Social Science (QSS)
• Social Science Research Unit
• Thomas Coram Research Unit

Our strategy is to exploit and promote our key characteristics:

• All our centres are multidisciplinary, with staff drawn variously from sociology, social policy, demography, economics, psychology, anthropology and social statistics.
• We are working across centres/units to promote cross-methodological, problem-solving interdisciplinary research on particular themes where we have outstanding scholarship and critical mass, e.g. gender, families, work, inequalities, migration, bio-social interactions.
• We are tackling major social challenges, e.g. on how societies support family wellbeing, gender equality and economic prosperity.
• We have a central role in sociological studies at UCL with staff working on empirically and theoretically rich research.
• Our work is increasingly transgressing the boundaries of academic social science, taking us into life sciences (health, social epidemiology, biosocial research) natural sciences (information science, environmental science) and the humanities (peace building, creative arts).
• Our staff actively engage with public priorities in policy and practice (as seen in our many Impact Case Studies) and with networks for knowledge exchange.
• We are active in the collection and curation of data as a public resource and in the development of research methods as well as in substantive research.
• We have a globally central position in longitudinal research, time use research, and systematic reviews.

More than 180 academic, research, teaching, technical and professional service staff work in the department. In addition to the seven research centres, it is home to three undergraduate degrees, three master’s programmes and a thriving doctoral community.

We are seeking a Lecturer (teaching) in Economics to contribute to our teaching for a one-year fixed-term period to cover maternity leave. Relevant fields include economics of education, labour economics or applied econometrics. We are looking for applicants with the ability to teach advanced quantitative methods, with proficiency in R.

The successful candidate will teach and lead modules on our BSc Social Sciences, BSc Social Sciences with Data Science or MSc Social Research Methods with Data Science. For example, modules may include; introduction to economics, the economics of education, the economics of public policy and R coding.

We are particularly interested in applicants with a commitment to open and collaborative scholarship, innovative pedagogy, and inclusive curriculum design. Appointees will also be expected to contribute actively to the intellectual and collegial life of the department.

The post is available from 01 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.

For further information contact Professor Kirstine Hansen, Director QSS Research Centre at  and/or Aron Szekely, chair of the recruitment panel at

You’ll have a PhD in economics or quantitative social science where advanced…