Postdoctoral Research Assistant - DEMETRA Horizon Europe Project

Department: School of Politics & International Relations
Salary: £38,165 - £44,722 per annum (pro rata) (Grade 4)
Reference: 1381
Location: Mile End
Date posted: 28 February 2024
Closing date: 14 March 2024

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About the Role

We are seeking a 42-month full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate to join the Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) team of DEMETRA “Democratic Governance, Environmental and Climate Challenges, and Societal Transformation: Deliberation, Inclusiveness, and Citizen Empowerment for Sustainable Food Systems.
The expected start date is as soon as 01 May 2024.

About You

The PDRA will undertake and support research on DEMETRA and will report to the Principal Investigator (Professor Maria Grasso).  They will be embedded in a larger team of project partners from across Europe working collaboratively and will have the opportunity to participate in project meetings and conferences; they are expected support project research activities including coordinating and publicising activities as part of the QMUL team, as well as to contribute towards outputs and dissemination activities. The PDRA will work with the PI to ensure the successful planning, delivery, logistical administration, record-keeping, communications and reporting of the work undertaken. The research activities planned on the project will involve both quantitative and qualitative methodologies including the write up of literature reviews, the development of questionnaires/research instruments, the writing of reports and policy briefs relaying research results and their implications to diverse types of audiences for broader engagement with the research findings. Please see the full advert for more details.

About the School

The School of Politics and International Relations is a vibrant, collegial intellectual community including scholars from a range of disciplinary and methodological perspectives. It is home to a highly diverse cohort of students and offers a broad-ranging and methodologically plural curriculum in the fields of Politics and International Relations.

The School is located within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, which comprises eight Schools that deliver the research and education activity of the Faculty. The role sits within the Professional Services job family and the role holder is expected to be an active part of the University’s support staff family, working with academic colleagues across a wide range of responsibilities to help deliver its academic mission.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities including an on-site nursery at the Mile End campus.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

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