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Research Associate in Urban Sustainability and Resilience Duties and Responsibilities We expect the successful candidate to develop and undertake a programme of high quality research which contributes to the aims and objectives of the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience. You would also be expected to actively promote the Centre and our research, to engage in knowledge exchange activities with our industrial partners, and to contribute to our programme of outreach activities and to the wider activities of the Centre as appropriate. The post is available for 2 years in the first instance The expected start date is 1 December 2012. The post must be taken up by Jan 2013. Key Requirements The candidate is likely to have a PhD in an area which has application to urban sustainability and resilience problems such as engineering, town planning, architecture, or physical sciences. They should have demonstrated a capability of initiating and conducting exciting research that challenges conventional thinking and approaches. They should be an enthusiastic researcher with the aptitude for applied research, keen to work with industry and to explore new ways of engaging the public in science and engineering. The successful candidate must have been completed their viva (PhD or EngD) before they start the in the role. Only candidates who have already submitted their thesis will be considered for interview. To be eligible for the post the applicant must have received support for their PhD/EngD studies from EPSRC in the form of fees and/or stipend. This may have been through a doctoral training centre, doctoral training grant, case or project award. Further details To apply for the vacancy please submit a 1-page proposal outlining the research and other activities you would undertake during the 2 years of the award and highlighting how this contributes to the Centre’s aims and objectives. Please also include a statement of support outlining (a) what you believe you would bring to the Centre for Urban Sustainability and Resilience and (b) how you think you will benefit from being a member of our team. Please follow the link for further details and to apply http://tinyurl.com/9k29asn If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact Mark Fairweather, [log in to unmask] , 020 7679 2740. For questions about the role please contact Dr Helena Titheridge, [log in to unmask] , 020 7679 7775 Closing Date 19 October 2012 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You have been sent this email because you are a registered member of the Disaster Resilience mailing list: This is a 'lightly' moderated list. If you wish to send a message to the list 'reply' or post to: [log in to unmask] If you wish to subscribe to or unsubscribe from this list go to: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/disaster-resilience and follow the subscribe/unsubscribe instructions For more options, visit this group at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/disaster-resilience - The Disaster Resilience list aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the complex term, resilience; and to identify the key dimensions of resilience across a range of disciplines and domains. - The creation of this list is linked to the FP7 project, emBRACE: Building Resilience Amongst Communities in Europe www.embrace-eu.org - emBRACE is jointly co-ordinated by Prof Debby Sapir (Universite Catholique De Louvain) and Dr Maureen Fordham (Northumbria University) - This DISASTER-RESILIENCE discussion list was launched on 13 October 2011, International Day for Disaster Reduction http://www.unisdr.org/2011/iddr/. The List is managed by Maureen Fordham, John Twigg and Hugh Deeming - The emBRACE project has received funding from the European Communitys Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement n° 283201. The European Community is not liable for any use that may be made of the information shared on this list. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~