Studentship - The Role of The Built Environment in - London, United Kingdom - University College London

University College London

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London, United Kingdom

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Description

Ref Number
B

Professional Expertise
Research and Research Support

Department
School of Education (B16)

Location
London

Working Pattern
Full time

Salary
See advert text

Contract Type
Fixed-term

Working Type
Hybrid (20% - 80% on site)

Available For Secondment
No

Closing Date
08-Mar-2023

About us:

The built environment can be strongly linked to human health. However, there has been little research on the role of the built environmentfor children.

This project will attempt to fill this gap, by exploring its role in children's cognition and mental health from the preschool period to the endof the primary school years.

It will use longitudinal data from a UK birthcohort, the Millennium Cohort Study (MCS), a survey of more than 19,000children born around 2000.

Specifically, the project will model the role of the neighbourhood's built environment (greenspace and air pollution) in children'strajectories of cognitive skills and emotional/behavioural problems from 3 to11 years, controlling for family and area socio-economic disadvantage.

It will track children over time and over any change of neighbourhood.

About the role:

This project will be making full use of the expertise and complementary strengths of the research team.

It draws on the track record of Dr Murage, an environmental epidemiologist, and Drs Flouri and Midouhas, developmental psychologists with a long-standing interest in the role of the built environment in child outcomes.

About you:

What we offer:

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent.

We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.