University of Leeds
Job title:
Affiliate Professor in City Environmental Change
Firm
College of Leeds
Job description
Are you an skilled and influential tutorial with a confirmed capability to hold out instructing and analysis on city environmental change and associated matters? Do you could have a superb analysis document and confirmed success acquiring funding and the imaginative and prescient and drive to deal with new challenges? Are you captivated with delivering an distinctive world main analysis and an distinctive pupil expertise in a Russell Group College?The Sustainability Analysis Institute (SRI) within the Faculty of Earth and Atmosphere is searching for an enthusiastic and self-motivated tutorial with a deal with city environmental change to affix our world-leading crew. Following latest successes in pupil recruitment and grant revenue from a spread of funders, we’re looking for to develop our portfolio of fantastic analysis and instructing. We’re particularly searching for somebody whose work enhances, and provides depth and breadth to that of our present crew.SRI is an internationally main centre for analysis and instructing in interdisciplinary environmental analysis. Our analysis teams embody economics and coverage for sustainability; enterprise and organisations for sustainable societies; atmosphere and growth; vitality and local weather change mitigation; social and political dimensions of sustainability; and local weather change adaptation, vulnerability and providers.We’re looking for an skilled and bold researcher with a powerful motivation to develop and ship modern analysis within the area of city environmental change. It is best to have interdisciplinary experience in cities’ responses to pressures of local weather change, meals safety, agriculture, ecosystem providers, nature-based options, planning or a associated matter. You should have a superb analysis document and confirmed success acquiring funding and a imaginative and prescient to deal with new city environmental change challenges. You’ll carry modern research-led approaches and options to our instructing. Additionally, you will carry a broad community of present analysis collaborators and a powerful curiosity to work in collaboration with new colleagues throughout the institute and wider College.You’ll contribute to analysis excellence, management and innovation in pupil training throughout the Faculty’s Masters and Undergraduate programmes, notably the MSc Sustainable Cities. It will embody instructing associated to city environmental change, sustainability and analysis strategies, supervising dissertations, contributing to area programs, tutoring and attracting and supervising post-graduate researchers.The College has not too long ago began a course of of remodeling its programme portfolio, with a brand new Leeds Curriculum that highlights: inclusive and genuine instructing and evaluation approaches, evidence-based pedagogies, international citizenship and digital applied sciences. This ten-year mission will contain vital growth of our undergraduate and MSc programmes. We’re searching for somebody who will embrace the chance to contribute modern new instructing approaches and new research-based supplies to this course of.What we provide in return
- 26 days vacation plus approx.16 Financial institution Holidays/days that the College is closed by customized (together with Christmas) – That is 42 days a yr!
- Beneficiant pension scheme plus life assurance- the College contributes 14.5% of wage
- Well being and Wellbeing: Discounted workers membership choices at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus fitness center, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports activities halls.
- Private Growth: Entry to programs run by our Organisational Growth & Skilled Studying crew.
- Entry to on-site childcare, purchasing reductions and journey schemes are additionally out there.
And rather more!To discover the publish additional or for any queries you might have, please contact:Telephone: +44(0)113 343 6411Electronic mail:£56,021 to £64,914 every year
Anticipated wage
£56021 – 64914 per yr
Location
Leeds
Job date
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 23:26:26 GMT
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