Vacancies - Sociology | Trinity College Dublin

The Department of Sociology regularly recruits new staff to support its teaching and research activities. Current vacancies will be posted here as they arise.

PhD Researcher in Sociology, May 2025

The Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin is seeking to recruit a highly motivated and outstanding doctoral researcher for a period of 4 years (48 months). The successful candidate will conduct an innovative project exploring how cultural identity and institutional practices shape refugee children’s educational experiences and resilience-building capacity in Irish schools. They will be co-supervised by Professor Daniel Faas (Department of Sociology, primary supervisor) and Dr Rachel Hoare (Director of Trinity Centre for Forced Migration Studies (TCFMS), secondary supervisor).

Job Title	PhD Researcher in Sociology: Refugee Children in Irish Schools
Post-Status	48 months, Full-time
Starting Date	September 2025
School/Department	School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Department of Sociology Centre for Forced Migration Studies, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Reports To	Professor Daniel Faas Dr Rachel Hoare
Location	Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
Stipend	Maintenance stipend Euro 25,000 per annum plus full tuition fees (EU/non-EU). In addition, the Department offers a teaching assistantship as non-stipend pay.
Closing Date	12th June 2025 (23:59 BST)
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Teaching Fellow in Sociology, April 2025

Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin, invites applications for a Teaching Fellow position (full-time) to contribute to teaching in Sociology at the Department of Sociology, School of Social Sciences and Philosophy. The successful candidate will teach at both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, including both module and tutorial teaching, in the core substantive themes of the department such as social inequality, comparative social change, gender, identity, race, ethnicity, conflict and migration.

Job Title	Teaching Fellow in Sociology
Post-Status	Specific Purpose Contract
Starting Date	September 2025
School/Department	School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Department of Sociology
Reports To	Head of Department of Sociology
Location	Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
Salary	This appointment will be made on the Teaching Fellow Merged Salary Scale (€42,500 – 54,139 per annum) at a point in line with current Government pay policy. monthly/weekly payscales. (tcd.ie)
Closing Date	April 30, 2025 (17:00 GMT)
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PhD Researchers in Sociology, March 2025

The Department of Sociology at Trinity College Dublin is offering stipends for two doctoral students to join the PhD in Sociology degree programme for a period of 48 months. Candidates are given the opportunity to design and carry out an innovative PhD project in quantitative sociology in the field of social inequality and life course research or mixed methods sociology in the field of organizational sociology.

Job Title	PhD Researcher in Sociology
Post-Status	48 months, Full-time
Starting Date	September 2025
School/Department	School of Social Sciences and Philosophy, Department of Sociology
Reports To	Assistant Professor Nicole Kapelle, Assistant Professor Annatina Aerne
Location	Trinity College Dublin (Dublin, Ireland)
Stipend	Maintenance stipend from €18,500 up to €25,000 per annum (depending on funding source) plus fees (EU fees). On top, the department offers teaching assistantship as nonstipend pay.
Closing Date	April 21, 2025 (23:00 GMT)
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