Assistant Professor in Psychology

School/Department:             School of Psychology 

Job Category and Level:       Academic; Assistant Professor, Specific Purpose Contract

Closing Date:                          17-Apr-2026 12:00

The Purpose of the Role 

The School of Psychology seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor in Psychology. Applications are sought from candidates who have experience of teaching in psychology at undergraduate and postgraduate level. The successful candidate will be expected to deliver teaching on the undergraduate programme in Psychology and to contribute teaching to other postgraduate programmes in the School, to provide supervision to both undergraduate and taught postgraduate students, and to contribute to the international profile of research in psychology in the School of Psychology.

Context 

The School of Psychology (www.psychology.tcd.ie) has a strong identity nationally and internationally for excellence in research and teaching. The School offers a four-year undergraduate honours degree in Psychology and a suite of Postgradate taught programme offering. There is a strong student research focus in our PhD offerings. The postholder will join with us approximately 39 academic staff and 500 students Staff are research leaders in research in a variety of fields including associated institutes and research centres in College including, the Trinity Centre for Global Health; the Centre for Innovative Humans Systems; the Centre for Psychology Health; Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience and the Trinity Research in Childhood Centre. 

The specific purpose of this post is to support the School in managing and consolidating current student numbers on the MSc Applied Psychology programme and to assess the sustainability of this level of intake. Employment is not offered on an indefinite duration basis as this post is established for the specific purpose of supporting programme delivery at the current level and enabling the School to assess the sustainability of student demand and associated resourcing requirements. Employment will terminate on completion of this specific purpose.

Qualifications 

• Excellent academic record and have completed a PhD in Psychology or a related field 

• Academic publications in peer reviewed international journals and/or publications of equal standing of recognised originality and value.