Postdoctoral Research Associate in Moving Bodies Lab

The Role and Department

The Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences at Durham University seek to appoint a talented researcher and scholar to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work with the Moving Bodies Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH). We welcome applications from those working within the social sciences or arts and humanities with research interests in the broad field of physical activity and health.

The Moving Bodies Lab works across the social sciences, arts and humanities to expand dominant framings of moving bodies within the context of health. Activities within the lab seek to explore the experiences and politics of bodily movement across a range of relationships, spaces and contexts to advance interdisciplinary methods, theories, and approaches for researching moving bodies. Further information about the Moving Bodies Lab is available .

All researchers appointed by the Institute for Medical Humanities are also attached to an academic department. Successful candidates for this role will be based in the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The department is a global leader across a range of sport and physical activity domains. We have been named the 2023 Sports University of the Year by @thetimes, ranked 2nd in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2023, and 10th (GPA) in the 2021 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF). We are also a QS World Top 100 department for sport related subjects. The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences offers a vibrant, inclusive and collegial environment for talented individuals to flourish, where everyone is treated fairly with dignity and respect.

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