Chancellor's Fellowships

**UE08 - £44,414 - £52,841 per annum**

**School of Health in Social Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences**

**Full time (35 hours per week)**

**Fixed term (5 years in duration, with a view review to possible open ended conversion thereafter)**

**One post**

Chancellor’s Fellowships are designed to support talented early career researchers to develop into a leading research-active academic at the University of Edinburgh.

Within the **School of Health and Social Science **, the Chancellor’s Fellow appointment will be linked with the Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia | The University of Edinburgh (ECRED, an interdisciplinary group of dementia researchers, people with lived experience, practitioners and representatives from a range of dementia organisations. ECRED works to explore and develop theories, methods and impact around our understanding of living with dementia. Globally, people living with dementia face stigma and increased disability through structures and social taboos that place them on the margins of society. The reality for many people living with dementia is that they disengage and are excluded from activities such as civic engagement and research, and denied basic human rights: in a culture that values autonomy, cognition, and individualism, they are no longer considered fully human. Both fiscal and ethical imperatives dictate that we can no longer continue in the same way.

ECRED has a strong and active commitment to interdisciplinary working and many of our current projects include collaborations with researchers, clinicians and practitioners in a range of practice settings, with voluntary sector organisations and with other academics throughout the UK and internationally as well as across disciplines of social work, counselling, the arts, nursing, psychology, philosophy, geography, and social policy.

We are looking for a researcher who can engage in and conduct cutting-edge, impactful interdisciplinary research with those living with dementia to expand our understanding of what it means to be human. The perspective of the person with dementia is central to this work. As ECRED works to reposition dementia in the public, policy, third sector, academic, health, and social care spheres, it is looking for a Fellow who can engage with the breadth of stakeholders, including people with lived experience and those from a range of sectors external to the University.

Central to ECREDs work is a wider shift beyond a purely biomedical understanding of the disease to include emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual aspects. The Centre engages in work that pushes the boundaries of what is possible in dementia research, policy change, and in society. Therefore the successful applicant must be comfortable in working across and beyond disciplinary and methodological boundaries.

The Centre’s primary methodological expertise draws on interdisciplinary and coproduced methods, using creative and qualitative tools. Additionally, all work has some elements of coproduction. We are seeking someone with experience of, and/or interest in these approaches.

For this recruitment programme, the diversity data you provide may be shared with the panels for the purposes of taking lawful steps to meet our aims for diversity in appointments

Please refer to the full Job Description for more details.

When applying, it is essential that you attach:

- A curriculum vitae, including: career/employment history and details of any career breaks, specifying the duration of any breaks in months; a summary of formal training and qualifications; relevant experience and evidence of recognition such as prizes and memberships of professional bodies and a list of publications/outputs. Please restrict the total length of the CV and outputs list to a maximum of 5 pages of A4.
- Please also attach a short covering letter.
- A two-page outline of your proposed research programme, including: a research plan which particularly concentrates on for the first 2-3 years and highlights particularly novelty and uniqueness; details of any planned activities to maximise collaboration, partnership and knowledge exchange; where relevant, identification of any alignment to School, College and/or University research strategies; fit to applicant track record (skills, experience and outputs).

Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions before making an enquiry.

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