Post Doctoral Research Associate

About us

The Bartlett School of Planning (BSP) at UCL is a research-led planning school at the forefront of tackling major urban priorities and challenges. As a truly interdisciplinary centre of excellence, it plays a leading role in shaping debates in the fields of urban planning, urban studies and geography, urban design, and real estate. It also offers a range of innovative planning and built environment teaching programmes.

More information can be found here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning.

About the role

We are seeking to appoint a Post Doctoral Research Associate to undertake research with Dr Chris Foye (PI) on the “Rentierization of Supported Housing (RoSH)” project, funded through the ESRC New Investigator Grant.

This is a fixed-term post for 24 months at 80% FTE (or 19.2 months at 100% FTE), with a start date of 31st March 2026. Interviews for this role are likely to take place on 5th December.

Please see click 'Apply Now' to see the detailed Job Description in the advert's Candidate Pack.

About you

Educated to PhD (or equivalent) level in a relevant field (i.e. economy geography, political geography, political economy, political science, urban studies or heterodox economics), the successful candidate will demonstrate high-quality, theoretically engaged research and strong communication and collaboration skills.

Please click 'Apply Now' to refer to the detailed Job Description and Person Specification included in the advert's Candidate Pack. 

When completing your supporting statement (Questionnaire section of the application form), please tell us, using examples, how you meet each of the Essential criteria listed in the Person Specification. Where applicable, please also address any Desirable criteria that you meet.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits; visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. The Bartlett holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

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