Senior Research Associate

at  Lancaster University

REIMAGINING RESEARCH PRACTICES: TOWARDS A SUSTAINABLE, ETHICAL AND INCLUSIVE FUTURE.

Lancaster University is recruiting an interdisciplinary team of researchers to work on our exciting new Wellcome Trust funded project on changing research cultures. The two-year, £1M project will explore how we can build a sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture. We will focus on three overlapping questions:

• The sustainability of our evolving research practices, working to achieve net zero
• Ethical risks arising from reshaping research practices in the digital era
• The inclusion of underrepresented groups in our research community and practices

To that end we are recruiting a team of 4 Senior Post-Doctoral Research Associates (PDRA), 2 Post-Doctoral Education Fellows (PEF), and 2 Software Engineers and a Project Manager. The posts will be housed in:

• Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC)
• Psychology
• Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts (LICA)
• Research and Enterprise Services
• Lancaster University Library.

The project will investigate each of the above questions to disrupt current research practices through engagement and activities with our research community and external partners. Following this we will then design and deliver training workshops and innovative digital resources to be used across the sector; produce new institutional strategies, policies and support structures in these areas; evaluate the culture change brought about by the project; and share project successes and learning outcomes as widely as possible.
Successful candidates for the PDRA and PEF posts will have (or will be about to receive) a PhD in any of the disciplines relevant to the project. The posts include the day-to-day running of the project; collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary research team; working with research partners and a steering group; working with stakeholders and research participants; conducting qualitative and/or quantitative research (depending on the particular job description); liaising with the wider Wellcome Trust network on changing research cultures; dissemination of research findings; writing papers for publication.

Please refer the Job description for details