RESEARCH ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE IN LAND MANAGEMENT
Newcastle University, School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development
(Centre for Rural Economy)
£23,002 - £26,666 p.a.
Closing Date: 8 January 2008
Based in the Centre for Rural Economy within the School of Agriculture,
Food & Rural Development, you will work on the research project 'Science in
the Field: Understanding the Changing Role of Expertise in the Rural
Economy', funded by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use
Programme (RELU). The research will explore the role of field-level
advisers as knowledge brokers between scientific research and land
management practice, focusing on the knowledge exchange practices of rural
vets, wildlife ecologists, and land agents / surveyors. For one day a week,
the researcher will also provide research support and analysis to the
Director's Office of the RELU Programme. You must have a track record of
qualitative research in a social science discipline and should have, or be
near to completing, a postgraduate research degree in a relevant social
science discipline.
The post will start in April 2008 and is for 2.5 years in duration.
For further particulars and details see
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy.phtml?ref=D2419R
Job Ref: D2419R
Jeremy Phillipson
Assistant Director
Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
Centre for Rural Economy
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development University of Newcastle
NE1 7RU
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RELU Web site
http://www.relu.ac.uk
CRE Web site
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/
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