Canada Research Chair in Intimate Partner Violence Responses

The Faculty of Arts at the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus hosts the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research (MMFC), which fosters interdisciplinary, collaborative, and action-oriented research with a wide range of populations experiencing different forms of family violence.

The Faculty of Arts and MMFC are excited to offer an opportunity for a tenured appointment as a SSHRC Tier 1 CRC in Intimate Partner Violence Responses, at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The successful candidate will be appointed to a department within the Faculty of Arts, commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience, and will have a concurrent appointment as a MMFC Research Fellow.

The position has an anticipated start date of January 1, 2026, with the option to negotiate a start date that fits the Chair nominee’s needs.

The Chair’s research will focus on evidence-based, anti-oppressive responses to intimate partner violence (IPV) from a critical, intersectional theoretical framework. The nominee’s academic background may be in disciplines including, but not limited to: sociology; criminology; psychology; economics; political science; anthropology; Indigenous studies; gender, sexuality, and/or women’s studies; critical race studies; or a combination of these and other disciplines. The nominee should have expertise in social scientific approaches to developing, evaluating, implementing, and scaling up IPV responses with structurally marginalized populations. They should also have expertise in addressing IPV knowledge, practice and policy gaps.

Tier 1 Chairs are designated for outstanding researchers acknowledged by their peers as world leaders in their fields. The chosen nominee must have a strong track record of securing external funding, creating new knowledge to address inequities structurally marginalized people encounter in accessing IPV services, and fostering innovative knowledge transfer approaches. The nominee will also have the network and reputation to create new research collaborations and training opportunities for students, faculty, and post-doctoral fellows in the Faculty of Arts as well with IPV service providers, government partners and/or community organizations.

The Chair will be appointed as a MMFC Research Fellow, which will ensure access to regional and national networks of outstanding multidisciplinary research and knowledge transfer opportunities, competitive funding, and training capacity developed within the Faculty of Arts. Please consult the MMFC website for further details about the Centre and its work. The successful candidate will also contribute to teaching (no more than the equivalent of one full course per year) and to limited departmental and university service.

Only applicants who self-identify as a woman, and/or as transgender, gender-fluid, genderqueer, agender, pangender, nonbinary, Two-Spirit, and/or as a member of another gender-equity deserving group will be considered for this opportunity. We are committed to advancing applications from Indigenous and racialized scholars within gender equity- deserving groups.

Per UNB requirements, the successful candidate must have a PhD in a relevant social science discipline together with professional experience and a record of excellence in publications, knowledge transfer, university teaching, research assistant supervision, and collaborative, applied research.

UNB recognizes the legitimate impact that life circumstances such as illness, disability, family, and community responsibilities may have on a candidate’s record of research achievement (e.g., maternity leave, parental leave, leaves due to illness, leaves due to caring for family members, or slowdowns due to chronic illness or disability). These impacts will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process.

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The University of New Brunswick is committed to employment equity and fostering diversity within our community and developing an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the broader community that we serve. The University welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals who will help us achieve our goals, including women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada