Full time. Requests for flexible working options will be considered (subject to business need).
Grade 7 starting at £37,999 to £45,163 per annum, pro rata if part time.
Contract Type
Fixed Term Contract
About the role
The Department of Sociology and Criminology is seeking to appoint a Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work with Dr Laura Morosanu on the Leverhulme Trust funded project ‘Pathways to Inclusion: Children of Migrants Navigating “Assaults on Worth”.
The project examines how migrant-origin youth establish a sense of worth and belonging in professional workplaces in Britain. Instead of documenting negative experiences of racism and exclusion, it breaks new ground by uncovering the factors that positively shape individuals’ sense of worth.
The Research Fellow will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project, data collection, analysis, and dissemination through co-authored outputs. Specific responsibilities include: preparing the ethical review application, recruiting participants, conducting interviews in London/South England, facilitating a participatory workshop, analysing the data, preparing a pen-portrait album, practitioner toolkit and mini-documentaries, setting up and managing the project website and social media, attending regular meetings on campus, co-organising events, and developing co-authored publications and presentations.
About you
The Research Fellow will have a social science PhD in an area relevant to the project. They will preferably have several years of postdoctoral experience, and extensive expertise in European migration and second-generation integration, demonstrated through high-quality publications. They will be experienced in qualitative research methods, particularly interviews, and ideally creative participatory research. They will have excellent writing, communication, and collaborative skills, experience of engaging with diverse audiences, and disseminating research in various academic and non-academic formats. They will be strongly committed to fostering social justice and inclusion.
About our School
The Dept of Sociology and Criminology is a well-established and successful research-led department with a record of excellence in research assessment exercises and in teaching. We are home to 35 faculty and around 450 students at any one time. We have a diverse research culture and diverse research interests with clusters of expertise in the fields of ethnicity and migration, health, social class and social theory.
Our university is situated off the A27, next to the beautiful South Downs where you will enjoy everything that our 150-acre campus has to offer. We are accessible by public transport; Falmer train station is a five-minute walk to campus and several bus stops are located within campus.
The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
The University requires that work undertaken for the University is performed in the UK.
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