Overview
We are recruiting five postdoctoral fellows to work on Medicine without Doctors. Each post will be attached to a specific case study on the project (Abortion Care, AI, Physician Associates and/or LGBTQ+ Health Activism). We are looking for applicants to bring their research interests in our case study areas, along with relevant disciplinary experience and an interest in (or curiosity about!) Play to join the team. As a team, we are particularly keen to incorporate concerns of health and social inequalities, the perspectives of marginalised communities and a conceptual focus on care (what is care?) and voice (whose voices are heard?).
These five-year posts will be based across the University of Edinburgh and start in April 2026.
Posts
* Postdoctoral Fellowworking on Abortion Care, based inLawand working with Dr Agomoni Ganguli-Mitra
* Postdoctoral Fellowworking on Physician Associates, based inSTISand working with Professor Lukas Englemann
* Postdoctoral Fellowworking on socio-legal elements of AI, based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society and working with Dr Nayha Sethi
* Postdoctoral Fellowworking on AI and Physician Associates, based in the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, working with Dr Nayha Sethi and Professor Lukas Engelmann
* Postdoctoral Fellowworking on LGBTQ+ Health activism, based in theCentre for Biomedicine, Self and Society, working with Dr Ingrid Young & Dr Will Nutland (The Love Tank).
Application requirements
While each of the roles allow you to bring your own interests and focus and we ask that you outline these in your cover letter, posts 2 –5 ask that you provide a brief, 1-page research proposal. This proposal should indicate the broad area you would like to explore as a starting point for this post, and include indicative research questions, methods, and relevant references.
Deadline and how to apply
The deadline for applications is 2 October 2025. Please apply using the University of Edinburgh online system. You will need to apply separately for each post. For any questions regarding the particulars of each post, please contact the relevant team member as indicated on the job advert.
We expect shortlisting to take place by the end of October, and interviews to take place in the first two weeks of December.
Additional information
We welcome your interest in these posts!
* Usher Institute: https://usher.ed.ac.uk/work-with-us
Seniority level
* Internship
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
* Industries
* Higher Education
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