Postdoctoral Research Fellow

This new full-time post is a 47-month fixed-term appointment based on Streatham campus. There may be the possibility for flexible start/finish times, depending on project needs.

The post

The Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the ESRC funded Governing Sustainable Futures (GSF) project. The project will investigate place-based sustainability contestations related to environmental governance, which raise important issues about how sustainability transitions are governed at different geographic scales, the ways in which past conflicts shape present-day contestation, and the types and levels of engagement appropriate for engaging different stakeholders. Examples of such contestations may include: low traffic neighbourhoods and low emissions zones, land-use change. The successful applicant will play a key role in developing new understandings of place-based sustainability ‘flashpoints’.

The post will include co-designing and co-delivering a range of participatory approaches that address both local and non-local attributes of sustainability conflicts and produce tools to unlock potentially transformative sustainability outcomes. You will work with an inter-disciplinary team of human geographers and political scientists at Exeter.

About you

Applicants will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study. The successful applicant will be a nationally recognised authority in Environment and Sustainability research and ideally possess knowledge of participatory approaches to public and stakeholder engagement. Applicants will be confident to use cutting edge qualitative research and mixed methods techniques that foreground participatory and co-productive approaches, along with media analysis of sustainability flashpoints. This will involve the running of workshops, in conjunction with delivery partners, with a range of relevant actors.

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

What we can offer you

• Freedom to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research;
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Exeter Innovation directorate that works with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Many staff benefits including benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26 weeks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6 weeks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus in the heart of Devon

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.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.  More than 99 per cent of our research is of international quality and 47 per cent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

For further information please contact Dr. Rebecca Sandover, e-mail R.Sandover@exeter.ac.uk

The closing date for completed applications is 1^st  August 2024.

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