Postdoctoral Research Associate in Work, Welfare & Mental Health

Our Centre for Society and Mental Health is a cross-Faculty initiative between the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy (SSPP) and the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN). 

 

The centre aims to better understand the complex interrelationships between society and mental health, with a commitment to: 

-  Ensure that the impact of social context is central to how we understand mental health; 

-  Work in partnership with affected communities. 

 

To help us complete this work, we are looking for a Research Associate to help ensure we meet our commitments.

You will work closely with Prof. Ben Geiger and Prof. Karen Glaser as part of the Centre’s ‘Work, Welfare Reform and Mental Health’ programme. This involves collaborating closely with an interdisciplinary team of researchers as well as the Centre’s academic and community partners.  

 

Additionally, you will collaborate with researchers in the Centre’s Cross-Centre Hub on Data Resources to investigate intersecting disadvantages on mental distress and develop new projects. You will also work in full partnership with experts-by-experience or members of affected communities.

 

Using your experience in quantitative data analysis, you will examine the links between mental distress and health-related inactivity across work, care and welfare. You will also explore how individuals experiencing mental distress and their carers can remain in work, as well as the relationship between mental distress, workplace inclusion, and the evolving nature of work.

 

The post holder will commit 0.2 FTE of their time to the delivery of teaching in their faculty. This will be agreed with your line manager and may include leading or teaching on a module and supervising dissertations and student projects. In additional there is an expectation that the post holder will develop independent research, including fellowship applications, with the support of the Centre.

 

This is a full time post (35 Hours per week), and you will be offered a fixed term contract until 30.04.2028 in first instance, view to extending subject to funding.

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