Fellowship Opportunity: Place-based Partnerships

The Institute of Place Management (IPM)–a professional body and research group embedded in the triple accredited Business School–is a highly esteemed organisation, with the ambition to help communities make their places better. In addition to supporting an international network of place management professionals, the IPM is also responsible for conducting highly impactful research. Since its formation in 2006, the IPM has successfully bid for several funding awards (ESRC, Innovate, INTERREG), including the tender to establish and manage the national High Streets Task Force for England for the UK government (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities). This work has been extended to support the formation of new place partnerships as part of the government’s High Street Accelerators pilot programme. The IPM also provides research services to external clients on a bespoke basis. The real world and policy impact of the Institute’s work is recognised in several highly ranked REF Impact Case Studies (2014 and 2021). Emerald also publishes the IPM’s own academic journal: The Journal of Place Management and Development.

About the role: 

• To undertake world-leading and internationally excellent research using latest and innovative methodologies, as relevant in your area of research. 

• To prepare, present and publish research outputs through the appropriate forums. 

• To develop ideas for generating income to ensure the continued success and growth of research portfolio.  

• To disseminate findings of research widely to further the institution’s standing in the HE and research community and strengthen the impact of the research.

About the candidate: 

Bringing relevant experience in the social sciences with strong quantitative, qualitative and analytic skills, you will have a keen understanding of place. Your areas of research focus could be the development and maintenance of more effective place-based partnerships or measuring the impact of partnerships on places.

Requirements: 

• Doctoral level qualification in a related research area. 

• Possess breadth or depth of specialist knowledge and demonstrate potential for research independence.

• Excellent track record of relevant research outputs. 

• Significant research experience in the chosen field of research, which should include where appropriate: 
  • leading the work of a team, co-ordinating effort and resources to meet objectives 
  • developing partnerships with internal and external agencies 
  • preparing funding proposals and applications to external bodies 
  • using initiative, creativity and judgement to develop appropriate approaches to research 
  • synthesising complex data from different sources and communicating findings via written reports and articles 
  • presenting at national and/or international research meetings 
  • supervising student work and providing appropriate support and feedback. 

• Experience of managing and monitoring performance of research projects in multi-disciplinary teams.

• Ability to manage projects involving academic institutions and funding bodies. 

Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification for a full list of essential & desirable criteria. 

Academic Contact: Prof Steve Millington (s.millington@mmu.ac.uk ) or Prof Cathy Parker (IPM@mmu.ac.uk) to discuss the fellowship opportunity in detail. 

Closing Date: 29 May 2024 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on researchfellowships@mmu.ac.uk  

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