Offer Description
The Role
We are seeking a Research Assistant/Associate (RA) with experience in archival research, oral history, and interview techniques to work on a project titled Accessing the Wellbeing Commons: Therapeutic resource-fication of natural and historic environments and social exclusion in the UK and Inner Asia. The project is led by PI Dr. Elizabeth Turk and funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The project analyzes how social inequalities arise from differential access to therapeutic environments, using a transnational comparative framework and mixed historical and anthropological methods. The RA will explore how people access and use blue spaces in Devon, UK, for health and wellbeing, through oral histories, interviews, archival, and ethnographic research, focusing on land ownership, governance, and access changes.
This position offers mentorship, experience in scholarly editing, team collaboration, project management, impact and public engagement, and research networking. The candidate will develop their own research goals and manage a training budget, leading to joint and individual publications.
This is a full-time, fixed-term (maximum 4 years) research position starting after 1 October 2025. The role requires willingness to travel for fieldwork and engagement activities. Flexible working is supported.
Applicants from minority and/or host communities are especially encouraged. If visa support is needed, the university will assist under the Endorsed Funder Route of the Global Talent Visa.
The project is based in the School of History, Classics & Archaeology, which offers a vibrant research environment, mentoring, training, and career development opportunities, including a bespoke personal development plan and access to CPD activities.
Location: St Thomas' Street, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
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