Research Assistant

The Role

In our research, we will assess and develop socio-environmental trade-offs of different supply chains and the unique climate-security and geopolitical challenges facing the defence sector.

You will be working on the ESRC-funded project: Critically Green, where we will develop new ways of understanding the environmental impacts of military operations. This includes a novel Material Flow Analysis and Life Cycle Assessment (and perhaps Social LCA), which will enable us to follow the critical minerals from their source to their finished military products. We will be tracing their social and environmental impacts along the way. We will use these findings to pinpoint ‘hotspots’ of carbon emissions and social and environmental impacts, such as water pollution, deforestation and population displacement.

Using Life Cycle Assessment, you will examine the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) use of critical minerals and different sourcing options. Specifically, you will quantify the environmental impacts of the military supply chains for example, extracting lithium and graphite.

As part of our commitment to career development for research colleagues, the University has developed 3 levels of Research Innovation Role Profiles.pdf. These profiles set out firstly the generic competencies and responsibilities expected of role holders at each level and, secondly, the general qualifications and experiences needed for entry at a particular level.

Find out more about the Faculty SAGE: Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering | Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering | Newcastle University

Find out more about our Research Group: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/engineering/research/environmental-engineering/

Contact for the post is: Oliver.Heidrich@newcastle.ac.uk

The role is fixed term, for 12 months.

To apply please upload your CV and cover letter evidencing how your skills and expercience align tot he person specification is outlined within the job description

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