Location: | Penryn, Hybrid |
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Salary: | The starting salary for Associate will be from £34,132, for Fellow will be from £42,882 on Grade F, depending on qualifications and experience. |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 24th February 2025 |
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Closes: | 17th March 2025 |
Job Ref: | R01394 |
This new full time post is available immediately on a fixed term basis until 30 January 2027.
The post
The Faculty wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow to participate in the project “Renewing biodiversity through a people-in-nature approach (RENEW)” which seeks to develop solutions to one of the major environmental challenges for humankind; the renewal of biodiversity (renewbiodiversity.org.uk). This exciting role will support Prof. Kevin Gaston and sit within RENEW’s Theme 1, which focuses on better understanding the determinants, patterns, and consequences of individuals’ engagement with nature in order to improve the effectiveness of the methods used by many environmental organisations to develop public support for biodiversity renewal.
This NERC funded post is available immediately to 30 January 2027. The successful applicant will undertake quantitative data collection and analysis to address key questions about the variation in and temporal dynamics of people's relationships with nature, and their consequences.
About you
For Associate: Applicants will possess a relevant PhD (or nearing completion) or possess an equivalent qualification/experience in a related field of study and be able to demonstrate sufficient knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes.
For Fellow: 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 ecology and/or human-nature relationships and possess sufficient specialist knowledge in the discipline to develop research programmes and methodologies. The successful applicant will also be able to work collaboratively, supervise the work of others and act as team leader as required. Applicants will have prior experience of working with large environmental and/or social datasets and should have proficiency in statistical analysis.
Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.
Further information
For further information please contact Professor Kevin J. Gaston, e-mail k.j.gaston@exeter.ac.uk.
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