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Hi Applications are open for this job opportunity to work within the Centre for Law and Social Justice and the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds on a 5-year European Research Council (Advanced Grant) project - 'Inclusive Public Space: Law, Universality and Difference in the Accessibility of Streets'. The successful candidate will play a key role in this project, working closely with the Principal Investigator (Anna Lawson) to lead and deliver the project's Work Package on 'Tools for Change'. This is broadly concerned with advancing understanding of whether and why exclusionary public space is regarded as a minority issue and fostering greater awareness and solidarity including by raising awareness of the nature and impact of relevant exclusion through a range of platforms including internet, social media and street simulation packages. Candidates are expected to have a PhD at the time of their appointment or very soon afterwards; expertise in computer studies, with interest in immersive technology, film or transport simulation, and accessibility and inclusive design. For further details, the full job advert is here: https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=ESLLW1105 Best wishes Bryan Bryan Matthews CMCILT Lecturer (Teaching and Scholarship) Institute for Transport Studies and Centre for Disability Studies University of Leeds LS2 9JT United Kingdom Tel: +44 113 3435341 Please note, my normal working days are Mon-Thurs Chair, ITS-UK Inclusive Mobility Interest Group Member, Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Recent Articles and Presentations Matthews B (2016) Mobility Benefits and the Benefits of Mobility: What can welfare economics tell us about the economics of welfare? Presented at the Lancaster Disability Studies Conference, Lancaster, September 2016. Matthews B (2015) Sharing Some Thoughts on Shared Space and the Equality Act, PTRC Training News, available at: http://www.ptrc-training.co.uk/News/TabId/1522/ArtMID/6886/ArticleID/7368/Sharing-Some-Thoughts-on-Shared-Space-and-the-Equality-Act.aspx Edwards SJ, Partington D, Matthews B, and Blythe P (2015) Technology to support independent travel in the UK, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V168 pp140-149 Szczerbinska-Speakman K, Matthews B (2014) Retrofitting an accessible highway: a user-led approach, MUNICIPAL ENGINEER (PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS) V167 pp207-213. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the UTSG list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=UTSG&A=1