Research Fellow (GREET Doctoral Network)

Research at Edinburgh Napier University’s School of Computing, Engineering and Built Environment (SCEBE) is recognised as world leading or internationally excellent in UK’s REF. The latest UK national research assessment (REF 2021) places our computer science as third best in terms of research power in Scotland.

Currently, we are accepting applications for 3 Doctoral Fellows as part of the GREET (Generative Explainee-aware Explainability and Transparency in Proactive Cyber-Physical Eco- Environments) Doctoral Network, funded by Horizon Europe’s MSCA Programme. The candidate will work as part of the Research Group of Intelligence-Driven Software Engineering within the school.

The roles:

The GREET Doctoral Network is offering an exciting opportunity for an early-career researcher to contribute to shaping a new generation of Cyber Physical Systems, which will support generative cognition, explainee-aware explainability, and transparent proactivity in the highly secured CPS eco-environments.

Focused on the novel generative AI-driven CPS, GREET aims to deliver key insights into the science and models of the proposed CPS, set up its scientific foundation, and equip the DN’s recruited Doctoral Candidates with skills to drive the next innovative steps in this key area.

As a Doctoral Fellow, you will have the opportunity to first study and create the model-driven and semantics-based explainability repositories for CPS. Further to this, you will be in an excellent position to use your findings to extract and define knowledge and patterns for typical explainability for proactivity and eco-cognition.

Working with other doctoral fellows, you will also be tasked with supporting development of the generative AI algorithms for proactivity and eco-cognition and the creation and operation of the virtual explainability twins.

As part of the programme, you will be employed as a full-time Research Fellow by Edinburgh Napier University and meanwhile registered for a PhD degree. Your salary and PhD tuition fees will be paid/exempted by the project.

We have 3 posts available, please click apply to be redirected to our website for full details on each post. Please also let us know which post or posts you are applying for in your application supporting statement.

Essential requirements:

• Must not have a doctoral degree on the date of recruitment
• Enrolment on ENU doctoral programme during the project
• Must not have resided or carried out work/studies in the UK for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before starting work

Academic qualifications:

• A first degree (at least a 2:1) ideally in Computer Science with a good fundamental knowledge of either Software Engineering, Explainable AI, Semantic Models or Cyber Physical Systems.

English language requirement:

• IELTS score must be at least 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in each of the four components). Other, equivalent qualifications will be accepted.

Essential attributes:

• Good written and oral communication skills
• Strong motivation, with evidence of independent research skills relevant to the project
• Good time management

For a full role description and comprehensive list of duties, please click here.

Benefits we offer:

Pension with employer contributions of 17.6% - 26%, minimum of 46 days holiday and annual pay reviews.

For more information about our wide range of benefits, click here.

Interviews: Week commencing 24^th November 2025

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