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Research Associate / Research Fellow - University of Sheffield - Sociological Studies
Contract Type: Fixed-term for a period of 30 months
Salary:
Grade 7 - Research Associate
£30,175 to £37,075 per annum
Grade 8 - Research Fellow
£39,324 - £40,523 per annum
Closing Date: 16th February 2017
Job Ref: UOS015178
Job advert: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AWO582/research-associate-research-fellow/
Summary:
The Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield has a major international reputation for excellence in research and teaching across Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work and achieving high levels of cross-fertilisation between the three disciplines. It is committed to understanding society and social change, and to research and teaching that improves people's lives, especially those of the most vulnerable. We are proud to be one of the top social science research departments in the UK, with a long history of high profile contributions to theory, policy and practice.
We are seeking to appoint a Research Associate or Research Fellow to work in a research team led by Dr Hannah Lewis on an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)funded project Understanding the Role of Faith Based Organisations in Anti-Trafficking. The project will investigate faith-based organisations’ growing role in tackling human trafficking and modern slavery in England. You will be part of this prestigious ESRC funded research team, conducting innovative research to offer significant new knowledge with the potential to improve anti-trafficking practice and to help build secure futures for trafficked individuals.
The successful applicant will have or be near to completing a doctoral degree in a relevant subject (e.g. Sociology, Human Geography, Religious Studies, Anthropology) or equivalent experience, preferably applied to migration or the study of religion as well as experience of use of qualitative research methods including interview skills and, preferably, experience of working with ‘vulnerable’ populations and use of visual and textual analysis.
For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Hannah Lewis, [log in to unmask]
Further details and information on how to apply can be found at: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs
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