Research Associate

2 weeks ago

Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff University Full time

Main Function
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Main Duties & Responsibilities

Research

  • To undertake administrative tasks associated with the research project, including the planning and organisation of elements of the project and implementation of procedures required to ensure accurate and timely reporting.
  • To review and synthesise research literature within the field.
  • To contribute to the overall research performance of the School and University by the production of measurable outputs including supporting bidding for funding, publishing in national academic journals and conferences, and (where appropriate) the recruitment and supervision of postgraduate research students.
  • To work with the project team (at Cardiff University and across partner AI4CI universities) to develop research objectives and further proposals for own or joint research including research funding proposals.
  • To attend and or present at conferences/seminars at a local and national level as required.
  • To participate in School research activities.
  • To build and create networks both internally and externally to the university, to influence decisions, explore future research requirements, and share research ideas for the benefit of research projects.

Other

  • To engage effectively with industrial, commercial and public sector organisations, professional institutions, other academic institutions etc., to raise awareness of the School's profile, to cultivate

General Duties (standard)

  • Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties.
  • Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity.
  • Perform other duties occasionally which are not included above, but which will be consistent with the role.

Person Specification

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Essential Criteria

Qualifications and Education

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

  • An established expertise and proven portfolio of research in (but not limited to) human factors and/or humancentered design and/or relevant industrial experience within the following research fields (or highly related fields):
  • Cognitive Science
  • Experimental Psychology
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Knowledge of current status of research in specialist field
  • Proven ability to publish in national/international journals / national/international conferences and/or other research outputs.

Communication and Team Working

  • Proven ability in effective and persuasive communication
  • Ability to supervise the work of others to focus team efforts and motivate individuals.

Other

  • Proven ability to demonstrate creativity, innovation and teamworking within work.
  • Proven ability to work without close supervision.

Desirable Criteria

  • Relevant professional qualification(s) e.g. MSc in Psychology / Human Factors / Human-Computer Interaction or highly related area
  • Evidence of collaborations with external partners e.g. other universities, industry and/or Government
  • Research experience involving humancentred design or a highly related area.
  • Experience of using human factors (and related area(s)) tools and methodologies for research e.g. to measure barriers and enablers to technology such as trust, reliability, attitudes, situation awareness, and/or workload.
  • Experience of using experiment generation software, and of programming (i.e. using coding).
  • Proven ability to adapt to the changing requirements of the Higher Education community.
  • Evidence of ability to participate in and develop both internal and external networks and utilise them to enhance the research activities of the School.

Additional Information

  • This role is part of the EPSRC AI for Collective Intelligence (AI4CI)

Hub:

a 5-year £12M EPSRC project bringing together researchers from across the UK addressing challenges in pandemic resilience, smart cities, financial stability, healthcare ecosystems, and environmental intelligence.

The post-holder will work within the cross-cutting human-centered design theme, interacting actively with members of the wider research community of the Hub, identifying synergies that will help build our collective intelligence.


  • The postholder will be responsible for developing and delivering a package of work for the humancentered design theme, which explores the ways in which AIdriven smart agents can leverage collective intelligence to help people to make decisions.
  • The work will directly impact people, organisations, and policymakers by harnessing the power of datadriven insights, and the postholder will interact clos

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