Lecturer In Economics

Salary:
Lecturer Grade F: £41,064 - £46,049 per annum
Lecturer Grade G: £47,389 - £56,535 per annum

Closing Date: 31 March 2026

The Economics Subject Group has 35 full‑time research and teaching staff. We are a collegiate and generalist group with expertise in all areas of economics. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality and attract highly qualified students to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The Subject Group has a vibrant research community that promotes research around the following sub‑themes:

• Applied Time Series Econometrics
• Behavioural and Experimental Economics
• Economics of Safety, Health, Environment and Risk
• Finance, Financial Economics and Financial Econometrics
• Labour, Health, Education, Crime, and Development Economics
• Macroeconomics, Policies and Institutions in Open Economic Systems
• Spatial, Urban, Regional, International and Industrial Economics

Colleagues have active funded projects in a range of areas including the Creative Industries and their internationalisation, Education, Development, Energy, Environmental, and Rural Economics. We also host a state‑of‑the‑art Behavioural Research Laboratory.

We are expanding  invite applications from strong candidates, committed to collegiately, from all fields of economics.

You will hold, or be close to obtaining, a relevant PhD and will be able to demonstrate a capacity to publish in journals of international standing.

You will have:

(i) A clear and viable strategy for sustained future research that has the potential to result in world‑leading publications; and (ii) the ability to teach economics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Newcastle University Business School is located in Newcastle City Centre and at the gateway to the Newcastle Helix, a £350million partnership between Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council, and Legal and General. Newcastle University is a world‑class, research‑intensive, civic university. We play a leading role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high‑calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university that actively recruits, supports and retains staff from all sectors of society. We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, believing that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

Formal applications should include a curriculum vitae and a job‑market paper. Please combine your job paper with either your CV or Covering Letter and upload this to the relevant section of the system as one document.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor John Sessions (#), Professor Nils Braakmann (#), and Professor Jytte Nielsen (#).

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The University has developed an Academic Job Summary Guidance document which summarises the range of activities that academic colleagues may be expected to perform.

• To provide high quality teaching and learning and student support
• Mentor and support students throughout their studies in the role of personal tutor
• Set and mark assessment of modules in accordance with University standards and utilise on‑line and digitised curricula and education frameworks
• Contribute to curriculum development
• Ensure all our students benefit from studying in a research intensive, research excellent academic environment
• Provide education for life, that engages, challenges and supports our students to discover and fulfil their potential both while they are studying with us and once they have graduated

• Conduct Economic research that demonstrates international standards of excellence in terms of originality, significance and rigour
• Contribute to the research profile of the Business School by publishing high quality outputs
• Pursue external funding
• De…