Research Fellow (Land Use for Net Zero)

About the school or department

The Countryside and Community Research Institute (CCRI) (www.ccri.ac.uk) is the largest specialist rural research centre in the UK, having expertise in all aspects of research in policy and planning for the countryside and the environment of the UK, Europe and further afield. We are a vibrant research community and our research has been judged as internationally significant, rigorous, and high quality by the Research Excellence Framework. 

About the role

We are seeking an ambitious postdoctoral social science researcher to support delivery of a major new transdisciplinary research project. The successful candidate will play an important role in The ‘to zero fifty’ greenhouse gas accounting living lab, one of only five projects funded by the UKRI in its flagship Transforming Land Use for Net Zero, Nature and People programme.

You will be expected to take responsibility for coordinating and delivering a range of social science approaches to assess i) how land managers can build understanding and learning from using GHG accounting tools and ii) governance issues related to GHG accounting tools.  The role involves contributing to the Living Lab methodology, developing a learning evaluation framework and impact pathway as well as planning, conducting and analysing semi-structured interviews and participatory activities with farmers and stakeholders (representatives of policy making, GHG accounting, the value chain and the farming and advisory community, landowners and tenants across the UK).  The post holder will also support the project PI in all aspects of project and WP management and research.

This post would suit an ambitious early career researcher with a PhD in a relevant subject area with proven social science skills, including developing and operationalising conceptualisations, coordinating large scale qualitative data collection and analysis, and writing academic papers. The successful candidate will have a good understanding of land use for net zero policy, practice, science and theory and familiarity with the relevant literature and stakeholders. The post provides an exciting opportunity for external liaison, with interfaces to the UK government, academia, agricultural industry across the UK; as well as the LUNZ Hub and the other four LUNZ projects in this new research arena. It also offers postdoctoral career development in a supportive and thriving research environment.

The University is committed to building a diverse and inclusive staff community and welcomes applications from currently under-represented sections of our workforce. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing an interview to everyone who meets the definition of disability set out in the Equality Act 2010 and the essential criteria contained within the person specification.

Contact details

Candidates may contact Professor Julie Ingram (jingram@glos.ac.uk) to discuss the role.

Key Dates

Closing date: 09 December 2024

Interview date: to be confirmed

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