Senior Research Associate in Psychology

The role

This role is funded through an NIHR grant awarded to the University of Stirling which aims to develop and test optimal alcohol product warning labels. You would be one of two Senior Research Associates (SRAs; the other will be located at the University of Bath) leading a work package on this grant which aims to use iterative, multi-modal, theory-driven testing to identify the ‘best performing’ optimised labels and examine their influence on alcohol purchasing, visual attention and key mechanisms of impact (e.g., changing attitudes, knowledge etc). You would be based within the Translational and Applied Research Group (TARG) in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol.

Hybrid working is available: Ideally you will be expected on campus at least 3 days a week, although more may be required during periods of in-person testing. We encourage all TARG members to be on campus on Wednesdays for our lab meeting.

What will you be doing?

Along with the SRA at Bath, you would be leading on four main experiments, including two online experiments assessing reactions to a wide range of alcohol labels, one longitudinal online shopping experiment task and one eye-tracking study. Activities will include leading all aspects of the experimental testing, including developing study protocols, preparing ethics applications, task design and study set-up, participant recruitment and testing, quantitative data analysis and manuscript preparation. 

You should apply if

You have an in-depth understanding of behavioural and psychological science with a PhD or equivalent. You should have considerable experience running online and in-person psychological experiments as well as high-level analytical and quantitative analysis skills. Experience in the following would be an advantage: previous alcohol research, experience developing and running eye-tracking studies, and working collaboratively with groups from diverse backgrounds.

Additional information

Contract type: Open ended with funding for 21 months (from 1^st July 2026 – 31^st March 2028)

Work pattern: 100% time (Would also consider applicants who are interested in working at a lower FTE and starting the position sooner)

School/Unit: Psychological Sciences

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Wednesday 11th March 2026

For informal queries please contact: Dr Olivia Maynard, Associate Professor in Psychological Sciences, via email: Olivia.Maynard@bristol.ac.uk 

Please apply via the ‘Apply’ button above.

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