Lecturer in Physical Geography and Spatial Data Science (Education)

King's College London is seeking a Lecturer in Physical Geography and Spatial Data Science. The role involves teaching in-person and online, supervising students, and conducting research. Candidates should have a PhD in Physical Geography or related fields, experience in innovative teaching, and familiarity with coding tools like Python and R. The position is full-time, fixed-term for two years, starting in September 2025, based in London.
About us

The Department of Geography is a vibrant community of students, teachers and researchers. Our holistic approach encompasses both human and physical geography perspectives on global challenges and pressing environmental, geopolitical, urban and rural issues. Our research findings contribute to public debates and policy development at national and international scales, making important contributions to climate change, disasters, smart cities, risk regulation, water, human migration and wildfire hazards. We are also deeply committed to tackling pressing matters of social justice around the world. We undertake field research in over 95 countries across seven continents. Meanwhile, using London as a laboratory, our students and staff study migration, transport, housing, displacement, air and water quality, and health impacts on Londoners.

About the role

The Department of Geography, King’s College London invites applications for a Lecturer in Physical Geography and Spatial Data Science (Education). The successful applicant will contribute to teaching in-person (including residential fieldtrips) and online, supervision, tutorials, marking, and academic and pastoral support of students on the BSc programme in Geography and Environmental Science and on selected Masters’ programmes (e.g. MSc Environmental Science for Sustainability). The successful applicant will be expected to play a leading delivery role in delivering undergraduate modules such as Principles of Spatial Data Science, Applications of Spatial Data Science, and first and second year tutorials in Physical Geography and in our postgraduate module on GIS and Spatial Data Science.

As a minor part of their role, the applicant will be expected to undertake individual and collaborative research in their field, contributing to one of the five research groups within the Department (e.g. Physical and Environmental Geography; Political Ecology, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services; Risk, Hazard and Society). They will also contribute to the intellectual and social environment of the Geography department by taking on administrative roles as necessary in a collegiate manner. They will receive mentoring and support to develop their skills and experience in education, academic administration, and scholarship.

Candidates should hold a PhD in Physical Geography or a cognate discipline and should have a developing research profile in their field. They should be familiar with the academic environment in the UK and have experience of delivering innovative Physical Geography teaching at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level. The candidate must have experience of open-source coding tools such as Python, R and computational notebooks.

The Lectureship is a two-year fixed-term position with a probation period. Applicants must be available to start in September 2025. This post will report to the Head of Department of Geography. The Lecturer will receive mentoring and support to develop their skills and experience in education, academic administration, and research.

This is a full-time (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed-term contract until 31/08/2027

Downloading a copy of our Job Description

Full details of the role and the skills, knowledge and experience required can be found in the Job Description document, provided at the bottom of the next page after you click the “Apply” button, above. This document will provide information of what criteria will be assessed at each stage of the recruitment process.

Further information

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£53,149 to £62,422 per annum including London Weighting Allowance