Research Assistant

Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.

City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% at postgraduate level), from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.

In the last decade City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading global university.

The culture at City is built on our shared core values, which means that all employees are expected to behave according to our values: “We care, We learn, We act.”

Background

The role is about identifying and developing scientifically novel decentralised and sustainable technological solutions that can be part of the future decentralised internet. The key concept of this innovative project is to embed the key humanity principles in the co-creation of the Next Generation internet technologies. We build on the existing European standards such as eIDAS 2.0, NIS and Cyber Resilience Act, by providing the building blocks that are interoperable with existing decentralised technologies.

Responsibilities

The postholder will be expected to develop new research calls in the area of decentralised internet. They will have good technical and communication skills to co-create design ideas that can be distilled through to potential EU companies that can then develop the necessary technology stack. The postholder will be expected to attend all project meetings and also mentor funded projects by sharing knowledge in the area of decentralised internet. The potholder will be expected to write deliverable reports and also attend all project meetings at partner sites in Europe.

Person Specification

The candidate is expected to have good knowledge in the areas of digital identity, data privacy, data governance, data market place and also a basic understanding around economics and hardware and software sustainability. The candidate should be able to articulate any new technical ideas into commercial propositions and mentor projects that are selected by the consortium through open competition. The candidate is expected to have good verbal communication, interpersonal and project management skills to manage this large and complex project.

Additional Information

City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.

Closing date:19th February 2024 at 11:59 pm.

To apply and for more information about the post please use the 'Apply' link above.

For an informal discussion please contact Muttukrishnan Rajarajan via [email protected]

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