Research Associate: Speculative Woolgathering

We are looking to appoint a Research Associate with a background in sustainable design who will bring a mix of prototyping, stakeholder engagement and empirical research expertise to the exciting ‘Speculative Woolgathering’ research project.

Funded by the UKRI Economic and Social Research Council as part of the Digital Good Network, the interdisciplinary project involves academics from Lancaster, Royal Holloway, Nottingham, and Lincoln universities with expertise across design, technology, responsible research and innovation, agricultural science and digital marketing. 

Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts (LICA)

LICA encompasses Lancaster’s teaching and research activities in Art, Architecture, Design, Film and Theatre. LICA is a vibrant and highly supportive learning environment where a strong research ethos underpins and shapes everything we do. LICA is constantly placed in the top ten of our respective subject league tables in the UK demonstrating our commitment to the quality of our teaching.

The post-holder will be based in Imagination Lancaster, the world leading Design-based research lab at LICA, and work closely with Dr Naomi Jacobs and Dr David Perez, as well as the project’s other investigators at Royal Holloway, Nottingham, and Lincoln Universities.

This role offers significant potential to develop your research career.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Dr Naomi Jacobs (Email: n.jacobs@lancaster.ac.uk).

For general information about Imagination Lancaster and Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts, please visit: www.imagination.lancaster.ac.uk and www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/LICA

Lancaster University is highly ranked and research-led and situated near the historic city of Lancaster. The North West of England offers high standards of living, beautiful countryside, including the Lake District, and excellent national and international transport connectivity. 

The post is for 6 months part-time at 0.4 FTE

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