Postdoctoral Research Associate in Glacimarine Sedimentology and Palaeoceanography

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Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time


The Department of Geography at Durham comprises 68 academic staff (approximately equally divided between physical and human geography), a graduate school of around 100 research students, around 40 taught postgraduate students and more than 650 undergraduates.

The Department is well supported with technical staff, including a cartography unit, and administrative staff.


The Department was ranked joint first for research quality among UK geography departments in REF2021 and third for research power.

With 54% of work assessed as being in the highest category, it produced the largest number of world-leading (4*) publications in the country.

The most recent QS rankings for Geography placed Durham 14th overall in the world, with over a decade in the top fifteen, and 3rd for citations in the discipline.

The department is recurrently ranked in the top handful of programmes in the UK by various league tables; in 2023, we were ranked 3rd in the Complete University Guide.



  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Department of Geography at Durham comprises 68 academic staff (approximately equally divided between physical and human geography), a graduate school of around 100 research students, around 40 taught postgraduate students and more than 650 undergraduates. The Department is well supported with technical staff, including a cartography unit, and...

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The RoleApplications are invited for a Research Associate or Postdoctoral Research Associate to join our core software development team led by Prof Tobias Weinzierl. We particularly want to encourage candidates with a first degree (BSc or MSc) in sciences who consider staying in academia yet have a liking for software development, or PhDs who found...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The Role and DepartmentThe Chemistry Department at Durham University is one of the very best Chemistry Departments in the UK with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research, and employability of our students. Ranked 21 in REF2021 in terms of grade point average, the Chemistry Department is a thriving environment for research as well as...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Role and Department The Chemistry Department at Durham University is one of the very best Chemistry Departments in the UK with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research, and employability of our students. Ranked 21 in REF2021 in terms of grade point average, the Chemistry Department is a thriving environment for research as well as...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The RoleApplications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in AI and Quantum Computing with a particular emphasis on Stochastic Modeling. The research project is part of the EPSRC INFORMED AI hub.The successful applicant will have opportunities to collaborate with and visit our research partners in Bristol, Imperial College London and Cambridge....

  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physical Activity

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in physical activity is available, full-time, for a period of 2 years within the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The post provides an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to join the £1million+ funded 'Moving Social Work' project as part of specific work packages called 'Physical Activity...

  • Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Physical Activity

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in physical activity is available, full-time, for a period of 2 years within the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The post provides an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to join the £1million+ funded 'Moving Social Work' project as part of specific work packages called 'Physical Activity...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in conversational analysis is available, full-time, for a period of 15 months within the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The post provides an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to join the £1million+ funded 'Moving Social Work' project as part of specific work packages called 'Physical...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    A Postdoctoral Research Associate position in conversational analysis is available, full-time, for a period of 15 months within the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. The post provides an exciting opportunity to make a major contribution to join the £1million+ funded 'Moving Social Work' project as part of specific work packages called 'Physical...

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The role includes work on two research projects where Durham University is a partner to research funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The projects are led by colleagues at the university of Oslo ('Include') and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute ('Powerpoor') and managed at Durham University by Professor Simone Abram.The Include Research Centre for Socially...

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Anthropology

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The role includes work on two research projects where Durham University is a partner to research funded by the Norwegian Research Council. The projects are led by colleagues at the university of Oslo ('Include') and the Fridtjof Nansen Institute ('Powerpoor') and managed at Durham University by Professor Simone Abram.The Include Research Centre for Socially...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The Role and DepartmentDurham Earth Sciences is one of the very best UK Earth Science departments with an outstanding reputation for excellence in teaching, research and both the satisfaction and employability of its students. It is regularly ranked in the top 5 of UK departments and is within the global top 30.The department has around 35 academic staff, 15...

  • PDRA in Health Inequalities

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Institute for Medical Humanities and Department of Sociology at Durham University seek to appoint a talented researcher and scholar to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate to work on The Practice Site, part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH). We welcome applications from those with research interests in the broad...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    Marine and coastal ecosystems are increasingly under environmental and economic pressure, and long-term monitoring and management strategies are required to protect and sustain coastal habitats and fisheries. The NE coast of England, and Durham in particular, has suffered many decades of coastal pollution due to the impacts of early industrialisation, coal...

  • Research Software Engineer

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Department and Role Purpose The Directorate of Advanced Research Computing (ARC) provides a focal point for a broad computational capability that underpins and helps define the nature of research and innovation that can be undertaken with the institution.ARC's mission is to deliver a coherent strategy for the computational support of for research:...

  • Research Software Engineer

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The Department and Role PurposeThe Directorate of Advanced Research Computing (ARC) provides a focal point for a broad computational capability that underpins and helps define the nature of research and innovation that can be undertaken with the institution.ARC's mission is to deliver a coherent strategy for the computational support of for research:...

  • Associate Professor, Astronomical Instrumentation

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The Department of Physics at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Associate Professor. The successful candidate will be a member of the Centre for Advanced Instrumentation (CfAI). We welcome applications from those with research and teaching interests in the broad field of astronomical instrumentation and we are...

  • Associate Professor in Politics or International Relations

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom DURHAM UNIVERSITY Full time

    The School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University seeks to appoint a talented individual to the role of Associate Professor to work on an exciting initiative that seeks to establish a new Responsible Space Innovation Centre. This is an inter-disciplinary centre bringing together experts in space technology, business and governance from...


  • Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Department of English Studies seeks to appoint an Associate Professor in Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century, with research specialisms in the broad field of English literary studies from 1660 to 1789. We are particularly eager to hear from applicants who command range across the period in teaching and research, and who have interest in...

  • Faculty Operations Administrator

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    Durham, Durham, United Kingdom Durham University Full time

    The Role and the DepartmentDynamic and vibrant, Durham University Business School is one of Durham University's four Faculties and is comprised of four research-intensive departments: Accounting, Economics, Finance, and Management and Marketing. Known for its global reputation, its impact on policy and practice and its strong focus on ethics, responsibility...