Research Associate (520141)

Strathclyde Business School

FTE: 1.0 (35 hours/week)

Term: Fixed Term (24 months)

Risks do not occur in isolation from one another – they interact and create systems of risks. Therefore risk analysis and management approaches need to take account of these systems of risk. This is of particular importance when building resilient and secure systems.

This project will build on a body of research developed in the Department of Management Science which has sought to create new approaches to evaluating systems of risks. The work will involve undertaking a literature review to position existing work within the wider risk literature and to inform an engaged and impactful research agenda in this area. This research agenda will then be progressed and informed by results of past research projects and work being undertaken for current research projects. The work will also involve developing bids for research funding and building on existing, and creating new, partnerships both internally and externally and identifying new research opportunities. This will involve building on existing relationships with, for example, the Security and Resilience Centre, which is a strategic initiative of the university, Dalhousie University and the Resilient Cities Network and partners in the UK and Canada involved in a funded project focussing on Nunavut Search and Rescue.

As a Research Associate, you will play a lead role in the work described including developing research objectives, identifying sources of funding, and contribute to the securing of funds for research, including drafting grant proposals and planning for future proposals. You will write up research work for publication, individually or in collaboration with colleagues, and disseminate the results via peer reviewed journal publications and presentation at conferences.

You will join external networks to share information and ideas, inform the development of research objectives and to identify potential sources of follow-on funding. You will collaborate with colleagues to ensure that research informs departmental teaching and to engage and deepen relationships with stakeholders creating opportunities for impact and other knowledge exchange. 

You will collaborate with colleagues to ensure that research advances inform departmental teaching effort and you will collaborate with colleagues on the development of knowledge exchange activities by, for example, participating in initiatives which establish research links with industry and influence public policy and the professions.

To be considered for the role, you will be educated to PhD level in an appropriate discipline. You will have sufficient breadth or depth of knowledge in quantitative modelling and a developing ability to conduct individual research work, to disseminate results and to prepare research proposals. You will have an ability to plan and organise your own workload effectively and an ability to work within a team environment. You will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to listen, engage and persuade, and to present complex information in an accessible way to a range of audiences. 

Formal interviews for this post will be held on Monday, 24 April 2023.

Informal enquiries about the post can be directed to Prof Susan Howick, (susan.howick@strath.ac.uk).

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