Open Rank Professor of Political Science – Quantitative Methods for Social Science
About The Position
The Department of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Open Rank position in the field of Quantitative Methods for Social Science, beginning August 1, 2027. The department seeks to hire the strongest candidate available who is conducting interesting and important scholarship in this field and who can contribute to the Department’s mission and campus’s strengths in social sciences. Candidates should possess an active research agenda with strong promise of publication in leading venues, as well as excellent teaching credentials. The department is interested in scholars whose work has the potential to make influential contributions to the discipline and who can contribute to methods training across the empirical subfields. The ideal candidate will advance quantitative political science, whether by applying established methods creatively and rigorously to substantive questions or by developing new approaches to data analysis. Applicants working across a variety of approaches, particularly computational and Bayesian, and with a range of data, including text, survey, and panel data, are welcome. In addition to maintaining an ongoing research program, the successful candidate will be expected to teach courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels and to participate actively in departmental activities.
Requirements
- Active research agenda with strong promise of publication in leading venues.
- Excellent teaching credentials.
- Potential to make influential contributions to the discipline.
- Ability to contribute to methods training across empirical subfields.
- Advancing quantitative political science through creative application of established methods or development of new approaches.
- Experience with a variety of data, including text, survey, and panel data.
- Experience with computational and Bayesian approaches is welcomed.
Responsibilities
- Maintain an ongoing research program.
- Teach courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
- Participate actively in departmental activities.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
