Senior Research Associate in Auditory Neuroscience

Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster UK

(Full time, indefinite with end date)

Interview date: Thursday 6^th June 2024

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time Senior Research Associate in Auditory Neuroscience, to work with Dr Hannah Stewart. 

The desired start date is September 2024 and the post is available for 2 years in the first instance, with the possibility of an extension. We welcome applications from people in all diversity groups. 

Children with mild to moderate hearing loss (MMHL) are behind their peers in educational attainment and in language development through to adulthood, and do not get as much benefit from auditory technology as adults. We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual to work with Dr Hannah Stewart on her UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship ‘Impact of Children’s Auditory Technology (iCAT)’. The overarching aim of iCAT is to provide the evidence base needed to deliver child-appropriate auditory technologies for primary school aged children with MMHL. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of iCAT’s naturalistic assessment of listening project from planning to data collection to analysis and dissemination. This is a ‘blue skies’ project combining mobile neuroimaging with social behavioural (e.g., eye and motion tracking) and behavioural outcomes, to assess communication between children and a teacher in a naturalistic research classroom. In particular, you will lead work using quad-hyperscanning fNIRS. This project is a clinical trial with NHS, industry and educator project partners. 

You will join Dr Stewart’s PELiCAN Lab – a multidisciplinary team who are committed to open science practices. The project will take place at the Department of Psychology, Lancaster University within its bespoke child-centred research facility that includes audiological, neuroimaging and naturalistic research labs. You will join a vibrant community of researchers in the fields of Developmental Psychology and Neuroscience, where there is a very active auditory group, including five permanent academic staff, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD students. Funding is available for conference attendance and suitable training opportunities to support your career development.

Benefits of the role also include 25 days (pro-rata) annual leave plus University closure days and bank holidays, as well as access to the employee pension scheme and annual flexible benefits scheme.

We are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the Faculty, and supporting family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis. The Department holds an Athena Swan Silver Award, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in Higher Education and research.

Further information about the Department is available at: www.psych.lancs.ac.uk
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For an informal discussion, please contact Dr Hannah Stewart (email: h.stewart5@lancaster.ac.uk).

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