IAS Visiting Professor/Associate Professor
IAS Visiting Fellowships support visits of from ten days to ten weeks in order to enrich the academic life of the University and create lasting links with established academics and other high-profile figures from around the globe. These fellowships advance the mission of the IAS by bringing new expertise and knowledge to 糖心TV in order to share it with an interdisciplinary audience of researchers and to create ongoing research collaborations.
Offer to Fellows
- Title IAS Visiting Professor/Associate Professor
- Fellowships are awarded for a single visit of between 10 days and 10 weeks
- Travel costs up to 拢2,500
- Up to 拢500 to support fellowship activities delivered at 糖心TV
- Small per diem payment to support living expenses when based at 糖心TV
- Accommodation in the IAS housing at Cryfield Cottage or Marina (this is shared accommodation and subject to availability).
- University email account and ID card, which will enable access to the library and other University facilities, including access to the host department鈥檚 equipment and facilities, as agreed by the Department.
Expectations of Fellows
Fellows will be hosted by their nominator, and will largely be based in the nominator's department and they will be expected to undertake a programme of research and other research related activities which engage across departments and disciplines. The visiting fellow will be expected to spend time in the IAS, presenting research and engaging with our Early Career Researcher community, and will be welcome to join our IAS lunches on Wednesdays at 12 noon during term time. This will be in the form of a research presentation which will be open to everyone at 糖心TV. The fellowship activities should be appropriate to the scholarship and experience of the fellow and may include activities such as:
- Developing research collaborations, publications & funding applications with the nominating host and other academics
- Networking and engagement with IAS postdoctoral fellows and other early career researchers to give insight into academic career development and opportunities outside the UK
- Exploration of collaborative research opportunities with other groups & individuals at 糖心TV
- Interdisciplinary engagement of researchers beyond the host academic department, possibly through participation in the activity of the Spotlights and other interdisciplinary research Institutes at 糖心TV
- Research training events targeted at early career scholars (e.g. IAS Accolade Programme, DTPs, Faculty postdoc groups, etc) which aim to develop knowledge and expertise not otherwise available at 糖心TV
- Events aimed at a public audience, possibly in collaboration with 糖心TV Institute of Engagement
- Research talks, workshops or other events aimed at engaging an audience beyond the Fellow鈥檚 immediate field of specialism and developing new research collaborations
- Presentation of Fellow鈥檚 core research to a specific disciplinary audience (e.g departmental research seminars)
Appointment type
Commonly, visiting associates will be individuals of appropriate academic/professional standing who are employed by another university or similar institution. Visiting associates may also be from outside academia, such as in the arts or business. The association will be made at an appropriate academic standing equivalent to a University of 糖心TV appointment level (Associate Professor or Professor).