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Below are details of a Research Associate post in the Department of Geography at the University of Leicester. Although the deadline is very soon to be upon us, if you know of anybody who might be interested in the post, please forward the details on to them. The post is unfortunately only for 9 months but might suit someone who has or is close to finishing a PhD but has not yet managed to secure a permanent position. If any one requires further information they can always email me at [log in to unmask] Many thanks, and the usual apologies for cross posting etc apply. Martin -- The Department of Geography are seeking to appoint a Research Associate (RA) to work on an AHRC funded project entitled 'Revisiting the mid-point of British communities: a study of affect, affordance and connectivity in Glossop. The project explores the nature and formation of senses of community in the town of Glossop, a settlement that lay at the centre of the rural-urban continuum established by Frankenberg in his book Communities in Britain that is widely heralded as a synthesis of classic community studies. The project will investigate how communities, and community studies, have changed since this study, drawing particularly of recent conceptualisations of affect, affordance and relational inter-connection. The project will involve both historical archival work and contemporary research involving in-depth interviews, focus groups, community arts, GIS and digital mobile and web 2.0 technologies. The project will end with the creation of a public exhibition of the research within the town of Glossop. The research assistant will be primarily involved in the generation and analysis of date for this project, and must have clear evidence of experience of field research within communities and qualitative data analysis, as well as being able to work independently and as part of a team. The closing date for this post is midnight on 3 April 2012, with interviews likely to take place in the week commencing 19 April 2012. Further details of the post are available at www2.le.ac.uk/offices/jobs/opportunities/jobsearch (add ref SEN00256 into the search engine) -- Dr Martin Phillips, Reader in Social and Cultural Geography, Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 7RH Phone: +44 (0)116 252 3886 Email: [log in to unmask] Personal Webpage: http://www.le.ac.uk/geography/staff/academic_phillips.html