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12191 - Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Medicine without Doctors)
| Posting date: | 03 March 2025 |
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| Salary: | £40,497 to £48,149 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 March 2025 |
| Location: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | University of Edinburgh |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 12191 |
Summary
Grade UE07: £40,497 to £48,149 per annum
School of Social and Political Science / CAHSS
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: until 31st December 2030
The Opportunity:
You will join the Wellcome-funded research project, ‘Medicine without Doctors: Re-imagining Care and Voice through Play’, which examines the changing landscape of medical authority and care, to lead the work on methodological work package ‘Play’ focusing on how we can create a field of shared intellectual engagement across diverse disciplines and communities of practice through playful, design-based methods.
This post is fixed term for 66 months from July 2025 to December 2030.
Your skills and attributes for success:
A PhD or equivalent professional experience in a relevant social science or practice-based discipline (e.g. STS, Anthropology, Design)
Experience of successfully conducting ethnographic research
Demonstrable knowledge or experience of design, making, or creative methods for social research
Experience of working independently and collaboratively with others to deliver projects
Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing
Ability to work in a compassionate and socially responsible manner
School of Social and Political Science / CAHSS
Full time: 35 hours per week
Fixed term: until 31st December 2030
The Opportunity:
You will join the Wellcome-funded research project, ‘Medicine without Doctors: Re-imagining Care and Voice through Play’, which examines the changing landscape of medical authority and care, to lead the work on methodological work package ‘Play’ focusing on how we can create a field of shared intellectual engagement across diverse disciplines and communities of practice through playful, design-based methods.
This post is fixed term for 66 months from July 2025 to December 2030.
Your skills and attributes for success:
A PhD or equivalent professional experience in a relevant social science or practice-based discipline (e.g. STS, Anthropology, Design)
Experience of successfully conducting ethnographic research
Demonstrable knowledge or experience of design, making, or creative methods for social research
Experience of working independently and collaboratively with others to deliver projects
Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing
Ability to work in a compassionate and socially responsible manner