Postdoctoral Research Associate in Media Audiences and Social Change

What you will gain

This is intentionally crafted as an excellent springboard to an independent academic career:

• Mentoring and supervision from the PI and Co-Is, spanning media/audience studies, disability studies and psychology.
• Interdisciplinary, multi-method training (interviews/focus groups/discourse analysis/quantitative survey/experimental design/rigorous ethics for inclusive research).
• Publishing opportunities: co-author journal articles and contribute to an edited book with Bloomsbury; strong support for lead and co-authored papers.
• Conferences funded: expenses for at least three major conferences (international and UK) and industry events, plus an end-of-project symposium.
• Training and networks at BU: access to research methods seminars, the Doctoral College Researcher Development Programme and health and wellbeing support
• Contribution to CESJ’s annual UNSDG research sandpit, which builds interdisciplinary research teams and projects.
• Opportunity for supported application for HEA Fellowship.
• Wider networks: engagement with industry partners (BFI, BBC, Channel 4, ITV, Sky, TAP).
• International linkage: opportunities to collaborate with a sister project in Kenya (AHRC-funded); joining an international network across the UK and East Africa and liaising with the Kenyan project’s PDRA for knowledge exchange.
• Future funding: subject to performance and strategic fit, the RA will be part of developing a follow-up project that extends the scope of this research.

This role is available Fixed-term up to 30th of January 2028.

You are strongly encouraged to send us any supporting documents, such as publications or project reports, which you reference in your application. Please email these to the PI Dr. Catalin Brylla: cbrylla@bournemouth.ac.uk. You can also use this email for any informal inquiries about the role.