Research Fellow (Houlden Fellow) (105341-0326)

About the Role

Informal Queries

• For informal queries, please contact Hendrik Vollmer (Professor) at hendrik.vollmer@wbs.ac.uk.

Flexible Working

• We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.

The Accounting Group are recruiting for a ‘WBS Houlden Fellow’ post for a fixed term for a period of 36 months. We are looking for an early-career scholar with an emerging research profile in financial accounting, capital markets, and archival research to join our faculty. We are seeking to recruit enthusiastic junior staff who we can support to achieve excellence in research and in teaching and who offer the potential of going on to contribute to the Group at a more senior level.

The post holder will undertake research and more broadly support the work of the School to develop and enhance its reputation, both internally and externally. Such support will involve some teaching duties and integration into the Accounting Group at WBS.

The postholder will divide their time between three areas of activity: (1) progressing their own research agenda; (2) actively contributing to ongoing research initiatives at WBS; and (3) gaining valuable teaching experience. All Houlden Fellows will benefit from the mentoring of a Professorial colleague to help them develop their academic careers over the three-year period and have their own budget for research and travel.

About You
Good honours degree and possession of a PhD (obtained or near completion) or equivalent in relevant discipline.

The ability to publish and/or produce high quality research output.

Sufficient breadth or depth of specialist knowledge in the discipline and of research methods and techniques to work within established research programmes.

Ability or potential to contribute to the development of funding proposals in order to generate external funding to support research projects.

An understanding of equal opportunity issues as they may impact on areas of research content.

PhD Status
If you are near submission of your PhD, or have not yet had it conferred, any offers of employment will be made at Research Assistant level, at the highest spinal point of pay grade 5 (£34,610 per annum).

Upon receipt of evidence confirming the successful award of your PhD, you will be promoted to Research Fellow, at the lowest spinal point of grade 6 (£35,608 per annum).

Full details of the duties and selection criteria for this role can be found in the vacancy advert on the University of Warwick's jobs pages. You will be routed to this when you click on the 'Apply' button.

CLOSING DEADLINE: Thursday, 2nd April 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time).

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