Post-Doctoral Research Assistant - Praxis
- Employer
- Global Academy Jobs
- Location
- United Kingdom
- Salary
- £27,511 to £32,817 p.a.
- Closing date
- Nov 2, 2020
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- Sector
- Science, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Sociology
- Hours
- Full Time
- Organization Type
- University and College
- Jobseeker Type
- Academic (e.g. 'Lecturer')
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Are you an ambitious early-career researcher looking for a short-term appointment to use your research skills to contribute to an exciting Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) project, and to build your C.V.?
Project: Praxis (2019-2021)
Over four years, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have made over 200 awards under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and the Newton portfolio. These awards have drawn on AHRC's research base to address development challenges that are ultimately global challenges, including poverty reduction, global health, climate change, resilience, conflict, displacement, inclusive education, and rapid urbanization.
Currently AHRC GCRF projects face significant challenges due to COVID-19, including travel restrictions, financial losses, constraints on field work, and negative impacts on partners' capacity to operate. Praxis proposes a new strand of work on COVID-19 to run in parallel with its four 'thematic' strands of heritage, conflict and displacement, health and resilience. We are currently seeking to recruit a six-month Post-doctoral Researcher to work with Dr Esther Dusabe-Richards and Professor Stuart Taberner to explore how projects across the AHRC GCRF portfolio are responding to COVID-19 and the innovative ways they are adapting their research. We will draw conclusions about the implications of COVID-19 on arts and humanities research through the lens of gender and intersectionality, the ethical dimension of decision-making, mental health and climate change.
Using our existing cross-AHRC networks we aim to develop a set of recommendations for researchers, practitioners and funders and share these through a series of policy brief-style publications accessible online. The role will also involve contributing to ongoing Praxis events and reports.
Responsibilities will include interviewing GCRF Principal Investigators and collaborators, collating data on how COVID-19 is impacting on projects, running workshops to discuss these implications and prepare short papers and/or other outputs as necessary. The role would suit an ambitious Early Career Researcher. Researchers with a background in inter/intra and multi-disciplinary research are particularly encouraged to apply.
More information on Praxis can be found at: https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/projects/praxis-arts-and-humanities-for-global-development/
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Dr Esther Dusabe-Richards and Prof. Stuart Taberner
Email: E.Dusabe-Richards@leeds.ac.uk or S.J.Taberner@leeds.ac.uk
Project: Praxis (2019-2021)
Over four years, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) have made over 200 awards under the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) and the Newton portfolio. These awards have drawn on AHRC's research base to address development challenges that are ultimately global challenges, including poverty reduction, global health, climate change, resilience, conflict, displacement, inclusive education, and rapid urbanization.
Currently AHRC GCRF projects face significant challenges due to COVID-19, including travel restrictions, financial losses, constraints on field work, and negative impacts on partners' capacity to operate. Praxis proposes a new strand of work on COVID-19 to run in parallel with its four 'thematic' strands of heritage, conflict and displacement, health and resilience. We are currently seeking to recruit a six-month Post-doctoral Researcher to work with Dr Esther Dusabe-Richards and Professor Stuart Taberner to explore how projects across the AHRC GCRF portfolio are responding to COVID-19 and the innovative ways they are adapting their research. We will draw conclusions about the implications of COVID-19 on arts and humanities research through the lens of gender and intersectionality, the ethical dimension of decision-making, mental health and climate change.
Using our existing cross-AHRC networks we aim to develop a set of recommendations for researchers, practitioners and funders and share these through a series of policy brief-style publications accessible online. The role will also involve contributing to ongoing Praxis events and reports.
Responsibilities will include interviewing GCRF Principal Investigators and collaborators, collating data on how COVID-19 is impacting on projects, running workshops to discuss these implications and prepare short papers and/or other outputs as necessary. The role would suit an ambitious Early Career Researcher. Researchers with a background in inter/intra and multi-disciplinary research are particularly encouraged to apply.
More information on Praxis can be found at: https://changingthestory.leeds.ac.uk/projects/praxis-arts-and-humanities-for-global-development/
To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact:
Dr Esther Dusabe-Richards and Prof. Stuart Taberner
Email: E.Dusabe-Richards@leeds.ac.uk or S.J.Taberner@leeds.ac.uk
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