Senior Research Associate

Lancaster University is recruiting an interdisciplinary team to work on our exciting new Wellcome Trust funded project on changing research cultures. The two-year, £1M project will explore how we can build a sustainable, ethical and inclusive research culture. We will focus on three overlapping questions: - The sustainability of our evolving research...

Applications are invited for a senior research associate to work in the group of Dr Xiao Hua in the Department of Chemistry at Lancaster University. The position is funded by Faraday Institution's FutureCat project, which consists of a large consortium of collaborative researchers across seven UK universities and multiple industry partners. The appointee...

We are seeking a Senior Research Associate to join a project investigating communication practices within the nuclear industry. Based in Psychology at Lancaster University, and working with Prof. Stacey Conchie and Dr Mark Rouncefield (Computing), you will undertake original field and experimental research examining communicating practices around safety and...

The Centre for Research and Evidence on Security Threats (CREST) seeks a Senior Research Associate to join a project measuring people’s motivation. Based in Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University, and working with Dr Claire Hardaker and Prof. Paul Taylor (Psychology), you will undertake original experimental research examining the role of...

We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate/Senior Research Associate to work on TUDOR (Towards Ubiquitous 3D Open Resilient Network), an exciting new DCMS project that will address the key challenges involved in developing network components that enable seamless interoperability in heterogeneous networks of 5G and future technologies, including...

Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources (OR-MASTER) is a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK (EPSRC) involving Lancaster University and University of Leicester. At Lancaster, OR-MASTER will be undertaken by the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL). Professor...

You will have demonstrable research experience in English Literature (including a PhD in English Literature or a closely-related area); an excellent academic track record relative to career stage; experience of working successfully in an interdisciplinary research environment or of carrying out interdisciplinary research; and an awareness of some the key...

Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC) is pleased to announce a Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position as part of a Leverhulme Trust-funded project ‘Digital Climate Futures - A decolonial and justice perspective on digitalised climate change adaptation’. **Overview of the role**: Reporting to and under the guidance of Dr Giovanni Bettini...

Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources (OR-MASTER) is a Programme Grant funded by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council, UK (EPSRC) involving Lancaster University and University of Leicester. At Lancaster, OR-MASTER will be undertaken by the Centre for Transport and Logistics (CENTRAL). Professor...

**Reimagining research practices: towards a sustainable, ethical and inclusive future.** Lancaster University is recruiting an interdisciplinary team of researchers to work on our exciting new Wellcome Trust funded project on changing research cultures. The two-year, £1M project will explore how we can build a sustainable, ethical and inclusive research...

**Senior Research Associate: Design for Digital Good** We are looking to appoint a senior postdoctoral researcher with a background in speculative design and prototyping who can bring a strong mix of creativity, conceptual rigour, practical design skills, stakeholder engagement and empirical research expertise to the exciting £4M “Digital Good Network”...

We wish to appoint a passionate researcher to undertake advanced applied research in novel millimetre wave vacuum tube theory and experiment. This is a one year appointment with possible future extension. Experience in the use of three dimensional electromagnetic simulators (CST, HFSS), 3D mechanical CAD and knowledge of RF technology is...

Following the award of funds from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research, Lancaster Medical School are looking for a Senior Research Associate to join a team looking to develop new infrastructures for supporting decision making for radiotherapy for gynaecological cancer. You will work alongside the Project’s Research Fellow and the...

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time Senior Research Associate, to join a research project on infant language development. The project you will be working on is titled “The Origins of Infant Word Learning”, and is funded by the Leverhulme Trust. This project will investigate how hearing words influences...

Applications are invited for a Chemical Engineering research associate to take a key role in the development of a novel, microwave plasma, gasification and processing facility. An acknowledged route to processing organics including those with high toxicity, and generating syngas for energy recovery, is using atmospheric pressure plasmas. Plasmas are...

Senior Research Associates (two positions) in Assessing Impact of School-based Testing during the Covid-19 Pandemic We are seeking two postdoctoral researchers with experience in infectious disease transmission modelling to work on a short-term project in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). The project aims to assess the impact that...

We wish to appoint a passionate researcher to undertake advanced applied research in novel single and multibeam antennas/arrays in the W-band and sub-THz frequencies for high capacity wireless link for 6G. This is a six month appointment with possibility of extension depending on fundings. Experience in the use of three dimensional electromagnetic...

We are seeking a senior research associate to work on AI4ME, an exciting new multi-year EPSRC & BBC-funded Prosperity Partnership that will address the key challenges involved in creating and delivering personalised content at scale. AI4ME brings together the BBC, Lancaster University and the University of Surrey to design entirely new types of media...

We are recruiting a Senior Research Associate to lead an 18-month study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (Improving treatment pathways and outcomes for people with co-occurring mental health problems and alcohol use disorders). The Researcher will be based in the Division of Health Research (DHR) within Lancaster University’s...

Applications are invited for a Senior Research Associate post in the Engineering Department at Lancaster University. Lancaster University is consistently in the UK top 15 in three main league tables and has been named International University of the Year 2020 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide. The aim of the project is to develop a...