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Research Associate

University of Sheffield - School of Law

Location: Sheffield
Salary: £37,099
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 3rd October 2023
Closes: 31st October 2023
Job Ref: UOS038615
 

The School of Law We are seeking an excellent research assistant on a fixed-term basis from 2 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. The successful candidate will work on a study of FemTech, which refers to technological apps and devices tracking women’s reproductive data while aiming to advance their health and wellbeing. The research is funded through a Leverhulme Trust research project grant and aims to develop an empirically grounded comprehensive study of FemTech surveillance and address the regulatory challenges this presents. We are seeking a researcher with a strong background in law and technology and socio-legal studies, and preferably in feminist jurisprudence, medical ethics and law or surveillance studies to join the core team for this research project. The successful candidate will work closely with the Principal Investigator (PI) Dr Maria Tzanou and the Co-Investigator (Co-I) Professor Tsachi Keren-Paz both based at the University of Sheffield.

The research project combines interdisciplinary doctrinal research and empirical analysis and aims to: empirically investigate surveillance, data collection and sharing practices by FemTech actors and the extent that these practices are transparent; develop an understanding of egalitarian data privacy law and feminist data justice that deals with the gendered distribution of costs and benefits of data protection; investigate the scope of regulation and available remedies under data protection, privacy and private law; and, evaluate new regulatory approaches based on understanding of FemTech’s harms as embodied, rather than being merely data centered and of commercial data harvesting as (arguably) research with human subjects.

The successful candidate will be located in the School of Law and be a part of the Sheffield Institute of International and European Law (SCIEL) and the Sheffield Institute of  Corporate and Commercial Law (SICCL). They will be expected to work at the Law School campus at least two days a week.

We’re one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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