Research associate (administrative fairness lab)

The Administrative Fairness Lab at York Law School, University of York, brings together socio-legal researchers working on questions of administrative justice and fairness in public decision‑making. This post supports a National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) funded project, ‘Waiting Well in Social Care’, which examines the experiences of people waiting for social care and the practices of the local authority staff who support them.

Role

You will support the empirical components of the ‘Waiting Well in Social Care’ project. This will include conducting interviews with local authority staff and people with experience of waiting in social care, analysing and interpreting the datasets gathered over the course of the project, contributing to socio‑legal research outputs and disseminating findings through publications, seminars, conference presentations and public engagement activities. You will contribute to the preparation of research proposals, help identify potential new areas of research, undertake organisational and administrative tasks connected to the project (including website development), and build collaborative networks internally and externally. You may also provide guidance to other staff and students and help coordinate the work of small research teams.

Skills, Experience & Qualifications needed

• An undergraduate degree in law or equivalent, and a PhD in law or equivalent experience
• Knowledge of administrative justice and of a range of socio‑legal research techniques and methodologies, with research expertise that complements the department’s research strategy
• Experience of carrying out both independent and collaborative research, and of writing up research for publication in high‑profile journals
• Highly developed written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage a wide‑ranging audience across a range of media and to present at conferences
• Ability to develop research objectives, projects and proposals, and to contribute to identifying and securing sources of funding
• Ability to work both as part of a team and independently using your own initiative, with strong attention to detail, a collaborative ethos and a commitment to high‑quality work

Interview date: to be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Dr Jed Meers, Senior Lecturer in Law, York Law School, on jed.meers@york.ac.uk.