Research Associate

3 weeks ago


Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

**The role**:
The post holder will work on the MAPHIS project (Mapping History-What Historical Maps Can Tell Us About Urban Development) which intends to develop novel, interdisciplinary methods that facilitate the extraction of information from historical maps to study the evolution of land use patterns and urban growth. One output will be the digitisation of exceptional cartographic resources (e.g., the well-known OS maps covering England and Wales from 1880-1960).

Specifically, the proposed research will use visual recognition algorithms to:

- detect points of interest, street names and labels on manuscript maps from the late 19th century/20th century, which will help draw a uniquely detailed picture of changes in the socio-economic structure and organisation of cities during the structural transformation of the economy.
- classify colour-coded information from fire insurance maps and study the horizontal/vertical growth of large cities.

The project is an international collaboration of economists with a strong interest in quantitative methods involving: Yanos Zylberberg (Bristol, PI), Laurent Gobillon (PSE-CNRS, France PI), Stephan Heblich (Toronto, Canada PI), Pierre-Philippe Combes (ENS Lyon, Co-I), Marcel Fortin (Toronto, Co-I), Steve Redding (Princeton), Gilles Duranton (Wharton UPenn).

The project is funded by Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences ANR-DFG-ESRC-SSHRC.

**What will you be doing?**:
**Additional information**:
**Contract type: Fixed term until 31/10/2023**

**This advert will close** **at** **23:59 GMT** **on Thursday 26 October 2023.**

We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

**_The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an _**
**_inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential. _**
**_We want_**
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**Available documents**:

- Further Particulars - School of Economicsv3.pdf
- Additional Information 2023.pdf
- ACAD106596 - Research Associate - Job description.pdf

JOB NUMBER***

**ACAD106596**:
CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN***

**Fixed-terM/Full time**:
CLOSING DATE***

**26 Jan 2023**:
FACULTY/DIVISION***

**Faculty of Social Sciences and Law**:
SALARY***

**£35,333 - £39,745 per annum**:


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