Research Associate, Digital Care and Innovation (Centre for Care)

We have an exciting opportunity at the Centre for Care for someone with a passion for co-production to use their research skills for social good.

We are recruiting a Research Associate to support important research and impact activity within the Centre’s ‘Digital Care and Innovation’ theme. We welcome applications from those with knowledge of qualitative methods and systematic reviews, and a sound understanding of key issues relating to care, especially around the impact of minoritisation and intersectional inequities.

The postholder will be invited to work primarily on the following two projects:

• A study to identify the most pressing research priorities in digital care and develop a co-produced research agenda. This study will be delivered in collaboration with a range of stakeholders including people with lived experience of seeking or (ref)using social care, unpaid carers, and care workers.

• A project mapping the evidence base relating to emerging models of care for LGBTQ+ older people – including LGBTQ+ retirement communities and co-housing initiatives, as well as the potential role of digital technologies in supporting LGBTQ+ older people. This study will be delivered in collaboration with policy stakeholders as well as LGBTQ+ community groups.

We particularly encourage applications from people with racialised or marginalised identities underrepresented in the Centre.

The Centre for Care is a research centre led by investigators in five universities, three major charities and the Office for National Statistics, in close partnership with a large network of partners. The Centre’s overarching objective is to provide new evidence to guide decision-making and practice in care, asking: How does care reinforce or redress inequalities? How does it play out in time and space for individuals or families living complicated, unpredictable lives? What could be done differently, for whose benefit, and how? It seeks to co-produce research with people who have experience of seeking or (ref)using care, unpaid carers, care workers and other care stakeholders. More about the Centre here: https://centreforcare.ac.uk/.

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