http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/latest/2011/06/13Jun-Birmingham-Invests-in-Global-Talent.aspx
The areas listed below have been identified as priority areas for recruitment, but exceptional candidates in other fields will be considered.
• Socio-Legal Studies and Criminology
• Twentieth-Century Music
• Transnationalism and Superdiversity
• Memory and Exile
• Engineering and Physical Sciences for Biomedicine and Imaging
• Computation, Mathematics and Theory
• High-Energy Physics
• Materials and Manufacturing
• Sustainable Energy
• Cognitive Psychology
• Microbiology
• Molecular Cell Biology
• Environmental Pollution
• Health, Well-Being and Ethics
• Genetics and Personalised Medicine
• Immunology and Inflammation
• Liver and Blood Disease-Related Biology
• Hormones / Metabolism
• Health and Population Sciences
• Conflict and Security
• Household Wealth and Personal Finance
• Global Economy
• Public Services and the Third Sector
• Europe
