Research Associate - "FOODTRAILS - Building Pathways Towards FOOD2030-led urban food policies"

The School of Geography and Planning at Cardiff University seeks to appoint a Research Associate to work on a major international project called “FOODTRAILS– Building Pathways Towards FOOD2030-led urban food policies”, which is funded by the European Commission.

Working with 11 municipalities from across Europe, Living Labs will be established to develop urban food policies that address the four priority areas of the FOOD2030 European research framework - nutrition and healthy diets; climate and environment; circularity and resource efficiency; and innovation and empowerment of communities. 

The Research Associate will contribute to the reviewing of urban food literatures, the interviewing of key stakeholders involved with the Living Labs, the development of urban food policies in the 11 municipalities, the formulation of recommendations to the EU and national and municipal governments for progressing systemic food change, and the production of academic outputs from the project.

The post is full time (35 hours), fixed term until 15 October 2024 and available immediately.

Salary: £34,304 - £40,927 per annum (Grade 6)
 
If you should have any queries about the role please contact MilbourneP@cardiff.ac.uk

For further information about the School of Geography and Planning, please visit http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/geography-planning/

Closing date: Saturday, 28 May 2022

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

“Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/research/our-research-environment/integrity-and-ethics/responsible-research-assessment”

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