Vacancies

Departmental staff are reminded that prior approval is usually needed from the Head of Department before accepting outside appointments such as these. If you have any queries about this requirement, please contact the HR team: @email.

We are currently inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with Professor Alain Goriely FRS at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. This is a 2-year, fixed-term position, funded by a research grant from the Human Frontier Science Program. The starting date of this position is 1 September 2026, or as soon as possible thereafter.

We invite applications from talented postdoctoral researchers for a Hooke/Titchmarsh Research Fellowship in Complex Systems. This is a fixed-term position for 3 years at the University of Oxford. The successful candidate must have a PhD (or be close to completion) in mathematics or physics and a record of outstanding research in the mathematical theory of Complex Systems, including Random Matrix Theory and its Applications, and Statistical Mechanics, interpreted broadly.

The Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, proposes to appoint a Departmental Lecturer in Mathematical and Computational Finance, from 1st September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. The appointment will be for a fixed period of 3 years.

As Departmental Lecturer, you will engage in advanced study and academic research in applied mathematics with a focus on mathematical and computational finance, as part of the Mathematical and Computational Finance Research Group led by Professor Rama Cont.