Coastal Community Heritage PDRA

Company description:

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Job description:

Salary: 

Research Assistant: £33,002 to £34,610 per annum

Research Associate: £35,608 to £36,636 per annum

The Role

We are looking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Coastal Community Heritage to be part of the project ‘SEA-CCHange: Socio-Ecological Archiving: Coastal Communities' Heritage in times of climate change', funded by the Belmont Forum via the AHRC.

The position will be focussed on working with fishing communities and fisheries managers (Northumberland Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority - NIFCA) to assessing the current and future status of fishing communities, the contribution of fishing to coastal heritage, the likely impacts from climate changes and options for adaptation and diversification. You will be expected to be familiar with stakeholder interview and workshop methods, the development of both qualitative and quantitative data from these. Spatial analyses, socio-ecological systems modelling, and programming in the R or Python languages will be an advantage:

• Collate existing work on local and international fishing cultures.
• Work with NIFCA and local fishing communities to define research requirements.
• Design a strategy to collect new focussing on fishing heritage and wider societal impacts.
• Synthesise social and ecological data to evaluate the resilience of local fishers to climate changes.
• Communicate scientific outputs to both academic and non-specialist audiences.

This is a fixed-term position for 12 months.

For informal enquiries please contact Professor Clare Fitzsimmons (clare.fitzsimmons@ncl.ac.uk).

Applications should be made through the Newcastle University jobs portal, where you are invited to provide evidence of how you meet the essential criteria required for the role outlined in ‘The Person’ by uploading a letter of application along with your Curriculum Vitae (CV).

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