LoGaCulture Research Fellow

Location:  

Highfield Campus

Wage:  

£34,980 to £42,978

Full Time Fastened Time period

Closing Date:  

Thursday 11 April 2024

Interview Date:  

To be confirmed

Reference:  

2662224AR

LoGaCulture: Locative Video games for Cultural Heritage” is a considerable worldwide multidisciplinary analysis challenge funded by EU Horizon and the UKRI. The group at Southampton College requires a analysis fellow to help them within the last 2 years of the challenge to pursue world main analysis within the design and improvement of locative blended actuality video games for cultural heritage.

The group at Southampton, based mostly inside the College of Humanities and likewise Electronics and Laptop Science (ECS), is main the event of blended actuality cultural heritage video games on the Nationwide Belief web site at Avebury, and can prototype appropriate know-how, work with designers to create the video games, and consider the customer expertise.

About you 

We’re on the lookout for a researcher to work with authors and different creatives to ship these video games. Particularly, you’ll lead the manufacturing course of, liaise with inventive contributors, take part in design workshops with the Nationwide Belief, interact with stakeholders, help tech builders, and oversee the UX analysis. We encourage functions from folks with a ardour for sport design, blended actuality, interactive narratives, and digital cultural heritage.

You’ll undertake the analysis below the steerage of the principal and co-investigators and in collaboration with the broader worldwide analysis group. You’ll have the chance to analysis the cutting-edge, assist to design world main novel blended actuality video games, work with creatives and technical specialists to make these video games a actuality, consider the consumer and writer expertise, write related analysis papers and articles, and current the work at worldwide conferences and conferences.

You’ll work alongside an present analysis fellow in ECS who has accountability for the technical improvement of software program deliverables, and challenge colleagues based mostly on the College of Bournemouth. You may be managed and supported by Prof. James Jordan within the College of Humanities, however will probably be positioned inside ECS on Highfield Campus and day after day administration will probably be supplied by the LoGaCulture Precept Investigator, Prof. David Millard.

The put up requires a related doctorate, which can be in a technical discipline or within the humanities. You’ll have a powerful curiosity in working on the intersection of know-how and cultural heritage, and a few expertise of UX design and/or analysis.

What can we provide? 

The put up is for two years and will probably be line managed within the College of Humanities. Ranked within the high one per cent of universities globally and among the many UK’s high 20 for analysis, the College of Southampton has a global fame for its analysis, educating, and enterprise actions. 

Due consideration will probably be given to candidates who’ve taken a profession break. College of Southampton holds an Athena Swan Silver Award. The College has a beneficiant maternity coverage and onsite childcare amenities; staff can take part within the childcare vouchers scheme. Different advantages embody state-of-the-art on-campus sports activities, arts and tradition amenities, a full programme of occasions and a variety of workers reductions.

For additional data please contact Professor David Millard ([email protected] ).

Purposes for Analysis Fellow positions will probably be thought-about from candidates who’re working in the direction of or nearing completion of a related PhD qualification.  The title of Analysis Fellow will probably be utilized upon profitable completion of the PhD.  Previous to the qualification being awarded the title of Senior Analysis Assistant will probably be given.

Additional particulars:

We’re dedicated to equality, variety and inclusion and welcome candidates who help our mission of inclusivity.

Apply by midnight on the cut-off date. For help contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or [email protected] quoting the job quantity.