Research Associate - Sheffield, United Kingdom - University of Sheffield

University of Sheffield

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Sheffield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Are you a critical disability studies researcher? Have you worked to promote disability research? Are you a researcher with a lived experience of disability, or a disabled researcher?

We are recruiting a Research Associate who will be based in the School of Education and iHuman (an interdisciplinary research institute at the University of Sheffield) to take a key role in supporting the delivery on a body of scholarship in relation to issues of equality, inclusion and diversity with a particular focus on disability.

You will be mentored by Professor Rebecca Lawthom & will be joining a community of disability researchers.

You will:

- have experience of writing and research.
- be committed to working as part of a team.
- have experience of writing up research findings in various formats from images to text.

The post requires a researcher with experience of and/or willingness to engage theoretically and analytically with secondary data who also has a keen interest in writing and scholarship.

Excellent interpersonal skills are required to work across an interdisciplinary team.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University. This post is suitable for flexible, hybrid working.

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About the University

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect.

We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

We are consistently ranked as one the world's top universities, but there's so much more to us than that.

By joining the University, you will be joining award-winning teams and departments who are all working together to make the University of Sheffield a remarkable place to work.