Postdoctoral Researcher

**Civic and Cultural Engagement**:
**Salary**:

- £33,966 per annum- 37 hours per week, fixed-term for 4 years**Post Type**:

- Full Time - Fixed Term**Closing Date**:

- 23.59 hours BST on Monday 22 April 2024**Interview Date**:

- Monday 20 May 2024**Reference**:

- AD1393**About us**

Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is a globally leading independent arts, design, performance and media university.

At AUB we nurture creativity, engage communities, collaborate with industry and make a difference.

**Our commitment to EDI**

**About the role**

Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) has been successful in securing a 1.6m research grant from Research England to create a new Research Centre: Plastics Innovation and Curation (PlastIC). The new Centre will link the expertise of AUB’s Museum of Design in Plastics (MoDiP) with the design, manufacturing and testing capabilities of the Creative Technologies Research Group based in AUB’s Innovation Studio. The Centre will explore how plastics degrade over time or behave in different environments, resulting in research which will have international relevance to both museum collections and modern manufacturing.

As a highly motivated individual you will be able to devise, deliver and disseminate innovative research projects alongside colleagues or on your own initiative. With excellent communication skills, you will be able to build connections with people and demonstrate inspirational leadership. You will also be willing to support the supervision of research degree students, as well as taking ownership of your own learning.

There will be some flexibility in the direction of the research but some areas for investigation could include but not be limited to Analysis and preservation of materials and objects in museum collections and the future materials within Manufacturing.

**Our benefits**

**Further details**:

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