Postdoctoral Research Fellow (CCR)

Centre for Corporate Reputation (CCR), Saïd Business School, Park End Street, Oxford

Fixed term of three years

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral research fellowship with an interest and experience in conducting empirical research on applying education and entertainment principles for promoting pro-environmental actions.

The Research Fellow, who will be based within the Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation (CCR) at the Saïd Business School, will work closely with members of the School’s faculty, particularly with the projects co-investigators, Professor Alan Morrison and Dr Stefania Innocenti (Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment). Specifically, the Research Fellow will collaborate with the co-investigators on a project titled Edutainment and Climate change. The project will assess the potential of gamification as a policy tool in the context of climate change. The project will explore whether video games and virtual reality (VR) environments can be used to foster pro-environmental actions.

The research scope is broad, and applicants are encouraged to bring their own related research ideas and projects into this role, as well as to develop new projects with Oxford Saïd’s faculty and the CCR.

The successful candidate will conduct academic research under the direction and guidance of, and in collaboration with, the co-investigators; conduct data analysis, literature review, write up results to be publishable in the premier peer-reviewed academic journals and research findings to academic and practitioner audiences. Organise all project documentation (including data and reproduction files); liaise with all project partners and handle day-to-day research project management tasks and be an active participate in CCR activities.

The successful candidate will hold, or be close to completion, of a Doctoral degree (DPhil, PhD) in economics, public policy, sociology, geography, management science with a strong quantitative focus. The candidate should demonstrate experience with designing and running quantitative experiments, excellent knowledge of econometric and statistical methods (with R or Stata); working with experimental and survey datasets and/or micro data and in producing high-quality data analysis with minimal guidance and ability to publish in premier social science journals. The successful candidate will possess the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment and have excellent oral and written communication skills and data management abilities as well as be an active member of CCR.

It would be desirable if the candidate has experience and interest in environmental economics; willingness to collaborate with faculty members and CCR staff to produce teaching case studies and has experience of working in a research team.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Please submit two references with your application. To apply for this role and for further details, please click on the below link.

The closing date for applications is 12 noon (UK time) on Friday 10 September 2021.