Location: | Guildford |
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Salary: | £36,024 to £44,263 per annum depending on experience |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 6th June 2024 |
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Closes: | 2nd July 2024 |
Job Ref: | 025724 |
Surrey Business School (SBS) is a leading business school with a highly cohesive and collegial atmosphere. The School is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and holds the Advance HE Athena SWAN bronze award. We inspire positive change in business and society, individuals and organisations, locally and globally by blending the rigour of high-quality impactful research, excellent teaching and being part of a technology-led university. We are ranked in the top 10 for business and economics in the UK by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2023 by subject. Our results in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 place us 19th overall in the UK, 10th in the UK for research outputs and 16th in the UK for research impact.
The School’s strengths are particularly in digital innovation and technological transformation, international business, leadership and organisational psychology, and business analytics. SBS works closely with a network of business partners and other stakeholders, boasting strong links with many technology-oriented start-ups and established firms in London, and the South-East of England. To find out more click here.
We seek a post-doctoral research associate (PDRA) for the EPSRC Next Stage Digital Economy Centre in the Decentralised Digital Economy (DECaDE), to work with Prof Glenn Parry based in the Business School. The position is part of a major cross-disciplinary Centre www.decade.ac.uk.
Goals of the position
Within the DECaDE project current themes include:
Supply chain, in particular how distributed systems may play a part in supply visibility or trust, helping goods across international borders more easily
Future of work; how will distributed systems change the future of work
Primary Responsibilities
Who are we looking for?
To have an informal discussion please email Prof Glenn Parry
Candidates in the final stages of completing their PhDs are encouraged to apply only if you will complete by September 2024, or shortly thereafter.
We ideally require someone with permission to work in the UK, due to the project duration. Ideally, candidates would move to within easy commuting distance of the University. Please look at house prices in the area and decide if this is realistic for you.
When will you start?
To be agreed, but as soon as possible after offer.
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