Research Associate - Glasgow, United Kingdom - University of Glasgow

University of Glasgow

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Glasgow, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Purpose
To make a leading contribution to the AHRC-DCMS funded project Developing a taxonomy for culture and heritage capital
- working with the CoI Prof Patrizia Riganti, who is part of a consortium led by Historic England.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Take a leading role in the planning and conduct of assigned research individually or jointly in accordance with the project deliverables and project research strategy.
Document research outputs including analysis and interpretation of all data, maintaining records and databases, monitoring project's progress, drafting technical/progress reports and papers as appropriate.
Liaise with all partners of the project in preparation for meetings, workshops organization, surveys implementation and all related fieldwork/data collection.
Establish and maintain your research profile and reputation and that of The University of Glasgow/ School/ Research Group, including establishing and sustaining a track record of independent and joint publications of international quality in high profile/quality refereed journals, enhancing the research impact in terms of economic/societal benefit, and gathering indicators of esteem.
Presentation of work at international and national conferences, at internal and external seminars, colloquia and workshops to develop and enhance our research profile and disseminate the project's outputs/outcomes.
Take a leading role in the identification of potential funding sources and to assist Prof Riganti in the development of proposals to secure funding from internal and external bodies to support future research.
Take a leading role in developing and maintaining collaborations with colleagues across the research group/School/College/University and wider community (e.g. Academic and Industrial Partners).
Take a leading role in team/group meetings/seminars/workshops and School research group activities to enhance the wider knowledge, outputs and culture of the School/College, whilst disseminating the project's achievements
Perform administrative tasks related to the activities of the research project, including Budgets/Expenditure.
Take the lead in the organisation, supervision, mentoring and training of undergraduate and/or postgraduate students and less experienced members of the project team to ensure their effective development.
Make a leading contribution to Teaching activities (e.g. demonstrating etc) and associated admin as assigned by the Head of School if required by the Principal Investigator Prof Riganti.
Keep up to date with current knowledge and recent advances in the field of applied cultural economics/heritage studies.
Engage in personal, professional and career development, to enhance both specialist and transferable skills in accordance with desired career trajectory.
Undertake any other reasonable duties as required by Prof Riganti and/or the Head of School.
Contribute to the enhancement of the University's international profile in line with the University's Strategic Plan, Inspiring People Changing The World.

Qualifications

Essential:

A1 Normally Scottish Credit and Qualification Framework level 12 (PhD) or alternatively possess the equivalent in professional qualifications and experience, with experience of personal development in a similar or related role(s)

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Knowledge, Skills

Essential:

C2 Sufficient depth of relevant research experience, normally including sufficient postdoctoral experience in a related field, appropriate to an early career researcher

Desirable:

D1 A background in applied cultural economics
D2 Knowledge of environmental economics and ecological economics debate
D3 Knowledge of ecosystem services valuation
D4 Knowledge of stated and revealed preferences methods, in particular Discrete Choice Experiments, Contingent Valuation, Travel Costs Methods

Experience

Essential:

E1 Proven ability to deliver quality outputs in a timely and efficient manner
E2 A track record of presentation and publication of research results in quality journals/conferences
E3 Experience of making a leading contribution in academic activities

E4 Ability to demonstrate a degree of independence as illustrated by identification of project objectives from assessment of the literature, design & analysis of experiments & drafting of papers.

E5 Experience in undertaking independent research

E6 Commitment to open research, as appropriate to the discipline, through open data, open code, open educational resources and practices that support replication.

E7 Proven commitment to supporting the career development of colleagues and to other forms of collegiality appropriate to the career stage.

Desirable:

F1 Experience of ecosystem services valuation
F3 Experience of typological analysis
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Terms and Conditions
Salary will be Grade 7, £39,347 - £44,263 per annum, pro-rata.
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