Postdoctoral Research Fellow

This new full-time post is immediately available until 31 July 2025 on a fixed term basis. Pending further funding approval, this role might be extended until to 31st December 2025.

This role offers the opportunity for hybrid working – some time on campus and some from home.

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

The post

The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to participate in the work of Professors Tamara Galloway and Ceri Lewis. This fixed term UKRI funded post is immediately available until 31 July 2025. You will join the Future Fibres Network+ project which aims to decarbonise the UK fashion and textiles industry by embedding environmental science at the heart of the sector through systematic, circular and sustainable principles. Whilst promoting interdisciplinary activity, focus for this position will be on ecological impacts and risk assessment.

The focus for this position will be on data mapping of the ecological impacts of the UK fashion and textiles industry, its major waste products including mircofibres and the industry practices that generate them. This data will be used to inform the circular interventions that could address microfibres leakage into the environment.

You will join an interactive, cross-disciplinary cohort of researchers working across 4 leading UK Universities and will be collectively involved in additional data collection, workshops, design sprints and other activities to build the capacity and capability of the network from within.

About you

The successful applicant will be able to develop research objectives, projects and proposals; identify sources of research funding and contribute to the process of securing funds and make presentations at conferences and other events.

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD in environmental or biological sciences or similar or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in the subject area and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants should have excellent organisational and communication skills and an enthusiastic interest in environmental issues.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024).  We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Further information

For further information please contact Professor Tamara Galloway, e-mail [email protected] or telephone 07717782774.