Grade UE07: £40,247 to £47,874 per annum
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) / School of History, Classics and Archaeology (HCA)
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed Term: from 1st September 2025 until 31st August 2028
The Opportunity:
We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’. You will undertake research focused on the cultural evolution of archaeological information using advanced text-mining techniques and statistics.
This post fixed term (1st September 2025 – 31st August 2028) and full-time (35 hours per week). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.
The salary scale for this post is UE07 £40,247 to £47,874 per annum. This post will be appointed at Grade UE07 Step 4, which is £43,878 per annum.
Your skills and attributes for success:
PhD (already defended) on a topic related to one or more of the following: archaeology, heritage, anthropology, linguistics, cultural evolution, diffusion of information or hostility, or a relevant topic
Advanced skills in computational methods and statistics
Ability to plan research activities, including the collection, analysis and interpretation of textual data using Python, R or other programming language
Ability to work independently, but in close coordination with team members
Excellent communication skills, in English, both orally and in writing