Senior Research Fellow (Climate Policy and Health)

About us

We pursue a deeper understanding of the interactions between the built environment and health, human wellbeing, productivity, energy use and climate change. Our courses train students wanting to make buildings, towns and cities more sustainable, efficient, and healthier. We deliver interdisciplinary built environment research to improve health, wellbeing and sustainability. Our specialist expertise in temperature, moisture and air quality, light and lighting, and acoustics is underpinned by systems thinking to understand how different elements interact to create buildings and spaces where people can live healthy, fulfilling lives.

The postholder will be based in IEDE and will work intensively with other colleagues and partners of the ‘Policy and Implementation for Climate & Health Equity (PAICE)’ project.

The PAICE programme will inform and evaluate UK Net Zero policies using transdisciplinary approaches to generate and implement evidence. Climate change mitigation policy must consider population health and health equity alongside reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and would benefit from an integrated, intersectoral approach.

About the role

The main role of the successful applicant will be to strengthen the consideration of health in evidence-informed climate policy design within the Greater London Authority (GLA). The GLA is the devolved regional governance body of Greater London.

The successful candidate will undertake a policy exchange placement in the GLA Public Health Unit in order to help reframe policy across thematic areas, bringing together the climate change adaptation and mitigation agendas through a health equity lens.

This post is available immediately and is funded until the 30 April 2027 in the first instance; further funding to support the post may become available.

About you

• A PhD in a relevant field, close to completion or commensurate experience
• A background in either:

(a) built environment and public health, with a focus on housing and retrofitting, including quantitative methods in energy or building stock modelling; or

(b) social science or policy research, with a focus on qualitative approaches to climate change and health

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave, 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality.

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