Research Fellow in Policy

1 month ago


Aberdeen, United Kingdom University of Aberdeen Full time

Research Fellow in Policy & Stakeholder Engagement

**School/Section**
- Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture

**Staff Category**
- Research

**Position Type**
- Full Time

**Duration of Post**
- Funding/Activity Limited

**Grade**
- Grade 6

**Salary From**
- £37,099

**Salary to**
- £40,521

**Location**
- Aberdeen

**Closing Date**
- 18/12/2023

**Ref No**
- ROW116RX

**Documents**
- Further Particulars.pdf
(PDF, 1244.41kb)

This interdisciplinary project will explore the use of plant-based convenience foods (e.g. ready meals) to achieve realistic environmentally sustainable and healthy diets. Current diets in the UK are unhealthy and contributing to environmental damage, with recommendations to move towards plant-based diets and reduce meat consumption (‘sustainable diets’). However, changing diets is notoriously difficult and proposed sustainable diets are often idealistic and do not consider the true cost, accessibility, convenience and appeal of these types of diets in the realities of modern living. This project will bring together the balance of these attributes to explore the inclusion of plant-based convenience foods as part of a sustainable diet, which if nutritionally adequate, healthy and appealing, with a low carbon footprint, could provide an opportunity to accelerate the transition to realistic sustainable diets. Scenarios will be co-created with young women and modelled to illustrate trade-offs between nutrition, carbon footprints, cost, convenience and appeal. The focus is on young women because they are more likely to adopt plant-based diets using convenience foods and are at higher risk of micronutrient deficiencies, such as iron. Visuals and narratives of the scenarios will be created depicting real-life sustainable diets to increase ease of use of scientific evidence by policy makers and practitioner. The project will take an interdisciplinary approach to developing sustainable diets and provide the insights into what needs to be fully accounted for in the policy development and decision-making process to be successful to achieve actionable climate change mitigation polices with health co-benefits.

Four research fellows, with different areas of disciplinary expertise will be recruited and work together on this interdisciplinary project. These include environmental science and modelling, nutrition and health, behavioural science and environmental psychology, and public political science.

This post provides an exciting opportunity to work in a strong multidisciplinary team on a project that will have real impact on changing policy.

Salary will be at the appropriate point on the Grade 6, £37,099 - £40,521 per annum and negotiable with placement according to qualifications and experience.

Job Reference Number**: ROW116RX**
- The School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture embraces a diverse working environment and recognises the many benefits this can bring. Applications from individuals from across all of the equality protected characteristics are encouraged._


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