The Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) invites applications for a full time tenure-track position in International Relations at the Assistant Professor level. The position begins in September 15th 2008. The contract will be offered for 5 years. At the end of the 4th year, the Assistant Professor will be evaluated. In case of a positive evaluation that demonstrates an outstanding performance, the Assistant Professor will be offered a permanent contract. To apply for this position, candidates must have a Ph.D. obtained within the last five years (preferred before September 2005). The Assistant Professor is expected to teach in the IBEI Master's degree program and to participate in the IBEI activities and research programs. Salary will be in line with a Lecturer in the Catalan public university system. All applications must be sent in by December 1st, 2007. Interested persons must send a letter of interest; their complete Curriculum Vitae; a report of teaching and research activities that credits teaching experience and research potential; a sample of previous research; an statement about their research project; and three letters of recommendation to the following address:

IBEI -- Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals
Research Coordination
Elisabets, 10
08001 Barcelona
SPAIN

or by e-mail csanchez@ibei.org

The Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals is a graduate teaching and research institution recently created through the initiative of the CIDOB Foundation and five universities in Barcelona (the University of Barcelona, the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Pompeu Fabra University, the Open University of Catalonia, and the Technical University of Catalonia) and is financed through public funding. The Barcelona Institute for International Studies supports research in all fields of international political economics, international relations, international security, foreign policy and comparative politics.

Further information about the IBEI and its Master's degree in International Relations can be obtained through the following address:

http://www.ibei.org