Job type

• Professor level
• Associate Professor
• Lecturer level

Research field

• Humanities & Social Sciences - Politics
• Humanities & Social Sciences - International relations

Wages

• Common to all Job Types

  Annual Salary : 4 million yen ~ 13 million yen

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree or expect to obtain it by the time of appointment.

• Description

  Qualifications
  (1) Applicants must have substantial achievements of empirical research in the field of political science.
  (2) Applicants must be able to teach the courses stated in “Teaching responsibility” in both Japanese and English.
  (3) Applicants must be able to teach research methods in the field of empirical analysis and/or formal models at the Graduate School of Political Science.
  (4) Applicants must have a Ph.D. degree or expect to obtain it by the time of appointment.
  (5) Teaching experience in relevant courses at university level is desirable.
  

Employment Type

• Common to all Job Types

  Regular employee

  Full-time

Contract period

• Common to all Job Types

  Tenured - Tenure-track

  A tenure-track position at FPSE shall be appointed either as Assistant Professor (tenure-track) or Associate Professor (tenure-track), for three years in the first term, followed by two years of reappointment and an additional two years of reappointment, for a total of up to seven years.
  The interim review shall be carried out in the second semester of the third year following the appointment and completed within the first three-year term on the tenure track. When a tenure-track faculty member passes the interim review, the first reappointment of two years shall be confirmed before the end of the initial appointment.
  The final review shall be carried out in the second semester of the fifth year and completed by the end of the fifth year on the tenure track. When the tenure-track faculty member passes the final review, the faculty member will become a tenured faculty member from the following semester. For detailed information, please make sure to see the "Job posting URL".

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 169-8050 Tokyo 1-6-1 Nishi Waseda, Shinjuku-ku

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Bonus : available

  Retirement allowances : Retirement benefits will be paid to tenured Professors and tenured Associate Professors in accordance with university regulations.
  No retirement benefits will be provided to Associate Professors (tenure-track) and Assistant Professors (tenure-track).
  However, if they continue to serve as tenured faculty members after the term as tenure-track faculty members, retirement benefits will be provided in accordance with university regulations. The period of service for calculating the retirement benefits of a tenured faculty member is counted from the date of appointment as an Associate Professor (tenure-track) or Assistant Professor (tenure-track).

  Transportation expenses : available

  Retirement age : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  ■Working conditions:
  ･Salary, allowances, and commuting expenses are commensurate with qualifications and are based on Waseda University pay scales.
  ･The workplace will, in principle, be on a Waseda University campus.
  ･Scheduled working days and working hours (starting/finishing times and rest periods) are based on university regulations. The discretionary labor system for professional work will be applied to research work. Considering the nature of research work, working hours are at the discretion of each faculty member.
  ･Holidays
  Holidays are Saturdays, Sundays, New Year's holidays, legally recognized public holidays, and compensatory holidays appointed by the University for holding classes on public holidays and the anniversary of the University's founding. Holidays prescribed as working days determined by the University in advance will be excluded. There may be cases where classes and other types of FPSE work will be scheduled on holidays. Employees may take compensatory holiday(s) for those occasions. the academic calendar of the university is available on the web.
  ･Leave
  Leave is determined by the Labor Standards Act and other related laws, including days that are designated by the University as leave days.
  ･Social insurance
  Pension, health insurance, labor insurance, and employment insurance are provided based on university regulations.
  ･Research Funding
  Individual research allowance: 210,000 yen (per year)
  Academic conference traveling subsidies: 90,000 yen (per year)
  International academic conference traveling subsidies: 110,000 yen (per year)
  Other competitive research funds are available at Waseda University.

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Job content supplemental explanation

  The Faculty of Political Science and Economics (the “FPSE”) at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan invites applications for a tenure-track or tenured position in any of the following subfields of political science: Japanese Politics, Political Economy, Comparative Politics, International Relations, or Formal and Quantitative Methods. We seek candidates who advance theoretical and empirical research on important questions in their subfield. Candidates should have strong methodological training and be able to advise graduate students on both substantive and methodological issues.
  
  The primary teaching responsibility of this position is “Introduction to Political Analysis,” one of the foundational courses offered at the FPSE, which is required for all the first-year undergraduate students majoring in political science, economics, or global political economy. This course introduces the most important questions in politics and how political scientists use analytical and scientific methods to answer those questions. In addition, the successful candidate will teach other undergraduate and graduate-level seminars. Applicants must have the ability to teach fluently both in Japanese and English.
  
  Position rank and title:
  Professor (tenured), Associate Professor (tenured), Associate Professor (tenure-track), or Assistant Professor (tenure-track)
  *Job title "Koshi (Full-time Lecturer)" is equivalent to the English job title "Assistant Professor" at Waseda University.
  *Please refer to the recruitment information found on the Job posting URL regarding general idea of the tenure-track positions at the FPSE.
  
  Scheduled start of employment:
  April 1, 2025, or September 1, 2025 (or a mutually agreed later date)

Application period

• 2024/05/10~2024/09/03 Deadline for receipt

  The deadline is 1 p.m., September 3, 2024 (JST).

Application method

• Attached documents

  Other online application forms
  For detailed information, please make sure to see the "Job posting URL".

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

• * Out of application period.

URL of this job posting

Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  For detailed information, please make sure to see the "Job posting URL".

• Notification of result

  For detailed information, please make sure to see the "Job posting URL".

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