Post-doc in Evolutionary Ecology

2 weeks ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

**Salary**: £33,966 to £44,263 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

**Closing Date**: 17 August 2023

The Role

Do you have a passion for evolutionary theory and experience in modelling?

We are a young, dynamic research team with national and international collaborators, driving innovations in coral reef ecology and evolution. We are committed to the professional development of our team members, fostering collaboration and facilitating experience in new fields and acquiring new skills.

The role is part of Leverhulme funded project “The role of mutualisms in social evolution and behaviour”, which combines empirical work using anemones and anemonefishes as model organisms, and theoretical work to generalize the results. The PDRA will lead the theoretical part of the project and contribute to the empirical work where appropriate.

They will combine elements of classic game theoretical models of cooperation and reproductive skew to include mutualistic interaction and thereby create a general framework for social evolution. The empirical findings from experiments done with anemones and anemonefish in Papua New Guinea will be used to inform model development, test theoretical predictions, and explore model variants, completing a circle between theory and data.

What we offer you
Research as part of a young and dynamic team with lots of international experience
Flexible working environment
Field work opportunities in Papua New Guinea
Training seminars, workshops and e-learning opportunities for personal development

Key Accountabilities
To develop and test a new theoretical framework to study the role of mutualism in the evolution of animal societies
To liaise with the principal investigator and collaborators to plan, organise and carry out the work programme
To disseminate research results through appropriate media. This will include authoring or co-authoring papers for publication in high-quality academic journals
To contribute to existing and new interdisciplinary collaborations
To train and assist undergraduate and postgraduate students in theoretical techniques and computational methods
Represent the research group and disseminate information about its work at national and international events
Contribute to learning and development through the provision of documentation, training and advice
Undertake relevant training and development activities in order to develop an awareness of own professional development needs
Any other duties within the scope and general nature of the grade which may be required

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Experience in evolutionary and theoretical modelling of social behaviour
Knowledge of evolutionary theory
Extensive experience in planning and executing scientific research projects
Experience mentoring junior researchers

Attributes and Behaviour
Comfortable working both individually and have good team working skills
Capacity for original thought
Enthusiasm and a strong work ethic
Ability to interact with researchers with different backgrounds
Ability to communicate scientific results to a broad or non-specialist audience
Ability and willingness to work in interdisciplinary environments

**Qualifications**:
A Ph.D. in the field of evolution, ecology, behaviour or a related discipline

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

**Requisition ID**: 25875

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