Research Fellow in Urban Resilience Modelling and Simulation

Job reference: HUM-024256
Salary: £45,585 to £48,350 per annum, depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Planning and Environmental Management
Hours Per Week: Full time
Closing date: 14/02/2024
Contract Duration: For 32 months
School/Directorate: School of Environment, Education & Development

The School of Environment, Education and Development (SEED) is a multi-disciplinary school with a strong reputation for high-quality international research, excellent teaching and impactful engagement with national and international organisations. The project “Resilience Beyond Observed Capabilities Network Plus” (RBOC N+) (https://rboc.ac.uk/ ) is a multi-disciplinary project involving staff from the Department of Planning, Property and Environmental Management (SEED), Alliance Manchester Business School and the Department of Criminology (School of Social Sciences), and four other UK universities (Coventry, Ulster, Lancaster, Cardiff) alongside practitioners (RUSI) and other institutional and industry partners.

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow on a full-time appointment for 32 months to join the project RBOC N+ which is co-funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and Defence Science and technology (DST).

This project will work closely with the project research team and partners in designing a multi-system simulation tool for cities, including:

• How will cities be structured in 2050?
• What concepts and methods can be used to simulate integrated complex urban systems, e.g. transport, utilities, energy or communications?
• How can communities’ and government’s expectations and needs be used to inform the design and use of complex simulation models?
• How can we make future cities more resilient before 2050?

What can you expect in return
The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme.
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme.
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays.
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period.
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here .

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

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Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:
Name: Dr Nuno Pinto
Email: [email protected]

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

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