Vice Chancellor’s Research Fellow in Global Challenges (4 posts)

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3 Years Fixed Term 

Northumbria University, Newcastle is a research-rich, business-focussed, professional university with a global reputation for academic excellence. Located in Newcastle upon Tyne, and with a campus in the heart of London’s financial district, Northumbria University is located in the UK’s best two cities for students. At Northumbria we are global in our scope and reach, with operations in London, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Singapore, and we remain the largest English provider in Hong Kong. The University continues its strong commitment to internationalism, including its valuable and long-standing links with Europe. Northumbria is ranked 48th in the Guardian league table 2018, and ranked in the Top 200 Under 50 global University rankings.

Northumbria University, Newcastle had the biggest rise in research power of any university following the  results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF2014) and is now in the UK top 50. To further strengthen our world-leading research we are investing to develop multidisciplinary research themes and are seeking to appoint 4 outstanding post-doctoral researchers that can engage with the following key global challenge areas:

• Sustainable health and well being
• Sustainable livelihoods supported by strong foundations for inclusive economic growth and innovation
• Resilience and action on short-term environmental shocks and long term environmental change
• Sustainable cities
• Forced displacement and refugee crises
• Justice and humanitarian action
• Gender inequalites

The appointed candidates will work in any of the key disciplines of the Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences and will be able to contribute to Northumbria’s Centre for International Development or any of our multidisciplinary research themes in the Humanities; Critically Aware Design Innovation; and Environmental and Global Justice. The successful applicants will be located in a department according to disciplinary expertise but will be expected to work across disciplines on challenge led research.

You will hold a PhD or equivalent, and will already be developing a publication track record of exceptional promise. It is essential that you have excellent written and verbal communication skills; some relevant teaching experience; the ability to work effectively with colleagues; and the potential to attract external funding to support the future development of your research. Although the role will allow the successful candidate to concentrate on developing their personal research agenda as well as collaborative projects, you should be prepared to take on a small amount of teaching and administration, as required within a vibrant department and Faculty.

The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance with the expectation of progression to a permanent academic position at the end of the Fellowship subject to satisfactory progress.

For informal enquiries about this post please contact: Professor David Gleeson, (Acting) Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation in the Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences ([email protected]).

For more information about Global Challenges research at Northumbria and our multi-disciplinary research themes please visit: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/research/For more information and to apply please visit https://work4.northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-us/details/?roleId=168

Northumbria University takes pride in, and values, the quality and diversity of our staff. We welcome applications from all members of the community. The University holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award in recognition of our commitment to improving employment practices for the advancement of gender equality and is a member of the Euraxess network, which delivers information and support to professional researchers.