Research Fellow

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Alexander Stewart conducting research for a John Templeton Foundation funded project entitled Cultural Evolution and the Online Social Contract. The primary duties will be to develop mathematical models of online social behaviour in relation to polarization, echochambers,...

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Prof. Bettina Bildhauer conducting research for an AHRC-DFG funded project entitled “The Seven Sages of Rome: editing and reappraising a forgotten premodern classic from global and gendered perspective”. The primary duties will be identifying manuscript and print versions...

Applications are sought for a committed Research Fellow to work with Prof Vincent Janik conducting research for an industry-funded project, investigating the effects of deterrence sounds on marine mammals and seabirds within the School of Biology based at the Sea Mammal Research Unit in the Scottish Oceans Institute. The main duties in this position is to...

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Prof. Andrew Brierley conducting research for the European Union and the Bertarelli Foundation across a suite of research projects addressing questions about the function and management of pelagic ecosystems. The primary duties will be a) analysis of scientific echosounder...

We are seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow or a Research Assistant to work on a project on Understanding Life Trajectories of Immigrants and Their Descendants in Europe and Projecting Future Trends (MigrantLife) funded by the European Research Council (ERC). The five-year project (2019-24) is led by Prof. Hill Kulu and it will investigate how...

Applications are sought for a committed Research Fellow to work with Dr Ross Gillanders conducting research for a Scottish Enterprise funded project building a spin-out company, Lightwater Sensors, based within the School of Physics & Astronomy. This commercially-driven project concerns the development of organic semiconductor based sensors to detect a...

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr Clarissa Melo Czekster conducting research for the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) funded project entitled "Dissecting the mechanism and regulation of bacterial secreted peptidases and their role in biofilms”. The primary duties will be to...

Applications are invited for a Research Fellow to work on an experimental nanoscience project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. Aimed at the generation of a versatile and modular platform which provides access to ultrasmall, freely defined structures in a routinely applicable way, this basic research project investigates new strategies for the generation of...

Applications are sought for a Research Fellow to work with Professor Tom Jones and colleagues on a British Academy-funded project The Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope, Volumes I and II: Textual Study of the Early Poems (Works 1717). The RA’s primary duties will be to assist the team of volume editors in consulting copies of the Works and...

The School of Physics & Astronomy is seeking a capable and active Research Fellow to work on the discovery and characterisation of extra-solar planets. The School of Physics & Astronomy offers a vibrant and modern work environment. Astrophysics research in St Andrews combines theoretical, numerical and observational research in star formation, extra-solar...

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with an interdisciplinary team from the Schools of Medicine and Divinity and the Department of Philosophy conducting research for a university-funded project entitled **‘Early Diagnosis: Handling Knowing**’. The project aims to advance understanding of the overlapping...

The Solar and Magnetospheric Theory Group in the School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, has an opening for a Research Fellow, funded by an STFC Consolidated Grant (PI Prof Thomas Neukirch), to work in solar or magnetospheric theory with particular focus on one or more of the following general areas: magnetic reconnection, particle...

Aqua-Tech Recruitment are working with St Andrews University, who have a need to recruit a Research Fellow. Job Title**:Research Fellow** Place of work**:St Andrews University** Hourly Rate: Negotiable Length of Contract: 6 months (minimum) **Main Purpose of the Role** The project concerns the development of organic semiconductor sensors to detect...

The Centre for Energy Ethics Postdoctoral Fellowship is a 1-year award offered to an outstanding early career researcher working on issues of energy ethics in the arts, humanities, social or natural sciences. The postdoctoral fellowship is open to applicants of early career status. There is no age criterion for the fellowship. Instead, eligible applicants...

**Research positions relating to future Energy Technologies** We have several openings for postdoctoral researchers to join an established, leading edge team addressing key challenges to deliver a future low carbon energy system. These projects relate to understanding the electrical characteristics of hydrogen production, new approaches to electrodes for...

The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in a related discipline with expertise in planning experiments, collecting and analysing (preferably in R) behavioural data and will have experience in publishing scientific findings. The post is available for 2 years in the first instance, with the possibility of extension, starting June...

The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in a related discipline with expertise in planning experiments, collecting and analysing (preferably in R) behavioural data and will have experience in publishing scientific findings. The post is available for 2 years in the first instance, with the possibility of extension, starting...

The overarching goal of this research project is to radically improve records of large magnitude volcanic events. This is critical for improving societal resilience to future eruptions, but also explores exciting interdisciplinary questions about whether past episodes of human societal upheaval were triggered by explosive volcanism. The polar ice cores...

Currently, we are seeking a Surface Chemist, with experience of ultrahigh vacuum techniques to join the research group of **Professor Chris Baddeley** at the **University of St. Andrews in Scotland, UK**. The role will involve on-surface synthesis and characterisation of N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) on nanoclusters and ultrathin films of reactive metals...

The School of Geography and Sustainable Development is well known for world-leading research and teaching in Environmental Change, Development, Population Studies, Spatial Data Science, Health Geography, and Sustainability. According to the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, 94% of research by the School was classified as world-leading or...