Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Geology

This post-doctoral research fellow will be recruited to participate in an ERC Advanced Grant research project entitled STONE-WORK. Taking stone as its focus, this will explore the trajectory of building materials from source to building site. The five-year project aims to analyse the relationship of stone sourcing, supply, working and consumption in eighteenth-century Britain and Ireland. To achieve this analysis of interdependence in architectural production cross-disciplinary research is required, combining architectural and craft history with geology and the findings of architectural conservation. The project will involve the collaboration of architectural historians, geologists, craft practitioners and heritage stakeholders. This post will involve analysis of geological data for dimension and decorative stone used in the eighteenth century, documentation of historic quarry sites across Ireland and England, organisation of a symposium, and editorial work on the resulting proceedings.

PD3 will be a geologist with research experience in building stones.

Post status: Specific Purpose Contract

Hours of Post: 35 hours per week

Salary: This Appointment will be made at a point 1 on the PD1 scale (€42,783-49,177 ) in line with Government Pay Policy.

Applicants should submit a cover letter outlining the skills and experience relevant to this project together with a full curriculum vitae, including the names and contact details of 2 referees (including email addresses) to 

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Please see the Job Description below for this position.

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