Post Doctoral Research Fellow

3 weeks ago


Farnham, United Kingdom University for the Creative Arts Full time

UCA is looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on a 3 year term to support the development of the core research and knowledge exchange (KE) activities of The Centre for Sustainable Design ®. CfSD’s core research and KE activities relate to increasing understanding of products, innovation and design/development, and sustainability (and particularly circular economy). Specific topics focused on include: Product Circularity; Circularity and cricket gear; Policy developments related to sustainability and fashion/clothing sectors; Repair cafes; and Sustainability and Createch.

UCA is Europe’s 2nd largest provider to graduates to the creative industries in Europe. UCA’s mission is foster leading-edge teaching and research related to creativity, business and technology in creative industries and the arts. UCA has a strong base in practice-based research and is developing KE and Innovation alongside this strength.

The Centre for Sustainable Design ® (CfSD) was founded in 1995 and is based within UCA’s Research & Innovation (R&I) Department. It is affiliated to the UCA Business School for the Creative Industries (BSCI, founded 2018) but works across other Schools at UCA, including the new School of Games and Creative Technology. CfSD developed an international reputation related to its research and KE activities covering business and policy making aspects of sustainability (and circularity) particularly related to products. CfSD works on projects locally, regionally, nationally and across the globe with industry, academia, policy-makers and civil society.

This role could be based at Epsom or Farnham.

At UCA, creativity and innovation are at the heart of what we do. Our legacy of educating eager and passionate artists, makers and thinkers runs back almost 160 years, and today we’re helping shape a global future that supports and nourishes talent worldwide.

Our campuses across Surrey and Kent are vibrant communities, each specialising in different areas of the creative industries. We are also home to a thriving research hub, with academic experts and fellows leading the way in research on sustainability, design, têxtiles, animation, history and culture, and more.

Are you ready to share your passion for creativity with the next generation of innovators? If so, we want to hear from you.



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