NUAcT Fellow: Economics of Creative Industries

We’re on the lookout for an formidable, academically gifted, artistic and collaborative economist as a NUAcT Fellow in areas related to the analysis programme of the Inventive Industries Coverage and Proof Centre  (Inventive PEC).

Since June 2023 the Inventive PEC has been co-hosted by Newcastle College in partnership with the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) . The Inventive PEC will proceed to develop the proof base, addressing business and authorities’s present priorities for the Inventive Industries together with these set out in technique paperwork such because the Sector Imaginative and prescient , while on the similar time advancing analysis into the longer-term challenges and alternatives going through the sector.

We welcome functions from researchers with expertise of researching the economics of the artistic industries or associated fields like cultural economics. We additionally encourage functions by distinctive economists who shouldn’t have this expertise, so long as they’re able to suggest a robust analysis agenda on this fast-growing space. Potential candidate are inspired to completely assessment the applying course of and to achieve out to Prof Giorgio Fazio  or Prof Hasan Bakhshi for a casual dialog concerning the function.

You’ll be part of the Inventive PEC as a Newcastle College Tutorial Observe fellow, changing into a part of a cohort of excellent researchers. The NUAcT scheme is designed to convey the analysis leaders of the long run to Newcastle. Fellows obtain an excellent bundle of help, together with as much as £50K analysis bills and a PhD studentship, in addition to 5 years of devoted time for analysis.

As a Inventive PEC NUAcT Fellow, you’ll be anticipated to:

• Plan and perform unbiased, unique analysis on the artistic industries and publish in high-quality educational analysis shops;
• Conceive of and ship high-impact initiatives and make profitable functions for additional analysis funding;
• Assist develop, handle and ship a significant new longitudinal enterprise panel survey from the Inventive PEC;
• Liaise with the Inventive PEC’s Coverage Unit and the Inventive PEC’s stakeholders to determine and assist deal with the analysis priorities of the Inventive PEC’s Analysis Unit;
• Supervise a PhD scholar endeavor analysis in artistic industries economics and insurance policies;
• Provoke and take part in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary analysis collaborations, each inside and past the Inventive PEC’s Analysis Unit, that allow cutting-edge unique analysis;
• Work carefully with the Inventive PEC’s Director and Analysis Director to develop and assist implement the Inventive PEC’s analysis technique.

It is a fastened time period function for a period of 5 years. It’s anticipated that you’ll transfer to an open-ended contract on the finish of your fixed-term interval, topic to profitable assessment, changing into a everlasting member of employees within the Newcastle College’s Economics Topic Group. 

* Preliminary deadline: 22th April 2024

This chance could stay open after the deadline if an appropriate candidate isn’t discovered.  On this case functions might be reviewed once more on Might twentieth 2024. We’ll guarantee candidates are saved up to date with the standing of their software.

For those who require help or lodging to facilitate your software course of as a consequence of any limitations chances are you’ll face, please contact: [email protected] to debate how we will help you.

Particulars of eligibility and methods to apply: NUAcT Web site .

Apply by way of the Newcastle College Job Portal .

Contact: [email protected]