Two Senior Research Fellows in Transport and Society

Closing date: 27/11/09

As part of continued strategic investment in transport research at UWE, the  Centre for Transport & Society (CTS) is now looking to make two Senior  Research Fellow appointments.

Each post is for three years in the first instance. Salary: £35,469-£44,930  (pay award pending).

We are seeking highly capable and motivated individuals who share our interest in combining expertise in transport and social science.

The successful applicants will play an important part in pursuing new
research initiatives on behalf of CTS. This is an exciting career
opportunity for individuals who wish to develop their research leadership skills and to make a significant contribution to the ongoing success of a thriving research centre.

Since being founded in 2002, CTS now has a team of some 25 staff and research students. Strong performance as part of the UWE submission to the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise positions transport and society as one of the leading research areas in the University. These appointments are intended to consolidate and extend the strengths of the CTS team and ensure our reputation for thought-provoking, policy-relevant and internationally
recognised research is further enhanced. We can offer a friendly, cohesive and lively research environment to the successful applicants.

It is not our intention to define each of the posts in terms of a
disciplinary label however we could envisage appointing individuals
according to their strengths in one or more of the following: sociology (mobilities), social-psychology, environmental psychology, transport geography, social informatics, science and technology studies, behavioural science, political science, mathematics and statistics, or transport planning.

The successful applicants can expect to be focusing in particular on the development of proposals for the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Technology Strategy Board, the Department for Transport or the European Commission.

For an informal discussion please contact me. The closing date for
applications is Friday 27 November 2009.

To obtain further details about the posts and an application form please visit www.transport.uwe.ac.uk.

Best wishes,

Glenn
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Professor Glenn Lyons
Centre for Transport & Society
Faculty of Environment and Technology
University of the West of England
Frenchay Campus
BRISTOL BS16 1QY
Tel 0117 32 83219
Mobile 07748 768404
Fax 0117 32 83899
Email Glenn.Lyons@uwe.ac.uk
Web www.transport.uwe.ac.uk
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