Houlden Fellow (Research Fellow) (105333-1025)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Duration: Fixed-term contract for 3 years

About the Role  

For informal enquiries, please contact Professor Andrea Isoni (Head of Behavioural Science) at andrea.isoni@wbs.ac.uk. You may also contact any other member of the Behavioural Science Group.

The Behavioural Science Group at WBS are recruiting for a ‘Houlden Fellow’ post for the next academic year (2025/26).
  
The Behavioural Science Group is a highly multidisciplinary team, drawn from psychology, economics, data science, and beyond. We are bound together by a vision of understanding, predicting, and guiding human behaviour in the widest possible range of contexts.

Our interests, approaches and styles overlap with those of other members of the group in different ways. This allows us to be highly innovative. We routinely use laboratory, field and online experiments, mathematical and economic modelling, and large datasets to explore and to test and develop theory.

We have an active research environment with weekly lab meetings, the university-wide DR@W behavioural science research seminars (which attracts leading international scholars), more informal brown-bag lunchtime presentations and professional development seminars aimed at early career researchers, and strong links to behavioural sciences in the wider University, creating a critical mass in the research environment. 

While behavioural science is a core business school activity throughout the world, especially at the very top schools, WBS was unique in having the vision to create a dedicated Behavioural Science Group.

The postholder will join this outstanding research environment and will divide their time between three areas of activity: (1) progressing their own research agenda; (2) supporting current WBS research activity and (3) gaining valuable teaching experience. All Houlden Fellows will benefit from the mentoring of a Professorial colleague and the wider group, to help them develop their academic careers, over the three-year period. Houlden Fellows have their own budget for research and travel, and full access to our state-of-the-art laboratory facilities. 

About You  

Successful candidates will join a growing group of scholars, who enjoy working together in a developmental environment.

We are proud of a group culture based on an inclusive, supportive and positive approach, and one that values feedback, teamwork, transparency, and discussion.

Our goal is to provide an excellent environment for talented and enthusiastic researchers to achieve career and personal goals.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description attached as a PDF below.

Job Description: JD - Houlden Fellow (Research Fellow) (105333).pdf – 109KB Opens in a new window

CLOSING DEADLINE: Monday 17th November 2025 at 11:55pm (UK Time)

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