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Job description

This full-time, three-year fixed term post is available immediately at the Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions (Net+ Centre). 

We welcome applications from candidates interested in working part-time hours or job-sharing arrangements.

The post

We are looking to recruit a Research Fellow to join the recently launched Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions (Net+ Centre). The Net+ Centre is led from the European Centre for Environment and Human Health on Penryn Campus, however hybrid working is welcome.   

The Net+ Centre launched on 1st of October 2024 and is a five-year research centre funded by UKRI. It is led by the University of Exeter alongside core partners at the UK Health Security Agency, The National Trust and Forest Research (and many other partners across sectors). The key aim of the Net+ Centre is to establish interdisciplinary research infrastructure, partnerships and capacity that will proactively deliver novel, impactful research on climate change and health with a focus on environmental-social-health inequalities. Key topics include resilient green and blue infrastructure, resilient urban environments and resilient food systems.

The Research Fellow will be based at the European Centre for Environment and Human Health, who leads the Net+ Centre, on Penryn Campus (hybrid working is welcome). As one of the first of a cohort of research fellows employed across the Centre and Faculties and Departments of the University of Exeter and the partner UKHSA, the successful applicant will undertake research across several projects and with research fellows at Exeter and UKHSA that will initiate further projects across the Centre. The successful applicant will help to plan and delivery high quality research, particularly feeding into two of the Centre’s objectives of: 1) conceptualising and identifying key issues and priorities in climate change and health and map complex systems, structures and values that underpin them; and 2) understanding current and potential health and environmental impacts of adaptation and mitigation approaches within critical systems (urban, green/blue infrastructure and food systems) across the life course.

About you

The successful applicant will possess a relevant PhD or equivalent qualification/experience in public health or environmental research. We are looking for an experienced researcher who has strong methodological knowledge and experience in systems thinking approaches and evidence review and an interest in policy analysis in the field of public health and climate/environmental change. The successful applicant will be able to work collaboratively across interdisciplinary research teams and across sectors.

Please ensure you read the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of this role.

What we can offer you

• Freedom (and the support) to pursue your intellectual interests and to work creatively across disciplines to produce internationally exciting research
• Support teams that understand the University wide research and teaching goals and partner with our academics accordingly
• An Innovation, Impact and Business directorate that works closely with our academics providing specialist support for external engagement and development
• Our Exeter Academic initiative supporting high performing academics to achieve their potential and develop their career
• A multitude of staff benefits including sector leading benefits around maternity, adoption and shared parental leave (up to 26wks full pay), Paternity leave (up to 6wks full pay), and a Fertility Treatment Policy
• A beautiful campus set in the heart of stunning Cornwall

The University of Exeter

We are a member of the prestigious Russell Group of research-intensive universities and in the top 200 universities in the world (Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 and QS World University Ranking 2024). We combine world-class teaching with world-class research, achieving a Gold rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework Award 2023, underpinned by Gold ratings for Student Experience and Student Outcomes.

Our world-leading research impact has grown more than any other Russell Group university in recent years, and we are home to some of the world’s most influential researchers, seeking to answer some of the most fundamental issues facing humankind today.  More than 99 percent of our research is of international quality and 47 percent is world-leading (2021 Research Excellence Framework).

We encourage proactive engagement with industry, business and community partners to enhance the impact of research and education and improve the employability of our students. Read about our world leading research – Green Futures and how we are transforming education for a changing world.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Commitment

We are committed to ensuring reasonable adjustments are available for interviews and workplaces.

Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented within our working community. 

With over 30,000 students and 7,000 staff from 150 different countries we offer a diverse and engaging environment where our diversity is celebrated and valued as a major strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive culture where all members of our community are supported to thrive; where diverse voices are heard through our engagement with evidence-based charter frameworks for gender (Athena SWAN and Project Juno for Physics), race equality (Race Equality Charter Mark), LGBTQ+ inclusion (Stonewall Diversity Champion) and as a Disability Confident employer.

We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and welcome applications from service people.

Further information

For further information please contact Prof Conny Guell, c.guell@exeter.ac.uk or Professor Catherine Butler, c.butler@exeter.ac.uk.

Interviews likely to take place in the first week of June.

This work is supported by the UKRI through its Securing better health, ageing and wellbeing strategic theme, [grant number ES/Z504245/1].

Application information

Apply via this link Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Net+ Centre)

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