[ecrea] Post-Doctoral Research Fellow: ‘Cultural Intermediation: Connecting Communities in the Cultural Urban Economy’

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
University of Salford -Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures 
(SURF)

Ref: 1400243

Length of contract: 18 Months

Full Time

Salary range: £30,728 - £36,661 per annum

The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (SURF) is an 
inter-disciplinary research centre in the School of the Built 
Environment at the University of Salford. SURF’s research aims to 
generate understanding about how political, economic, social, 
technological and environmental changes interact to affect urban and 
regional futures.

SURF is a partner in a large four-year project, funded under the 
Cross-Research Council Programme on Connected Communities 
(http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/connectedcommunities.aspx). 
Led by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Connected 
Communities programme aims to “to mobilise the potential for 
increasingly inter-connected, culturally diverse, communities to enhance 
participation, prosperity, sustainability, health and well-being by 
better connecting research, stakeholders and communities.” In 2012 three 
collaborative consortium projects were funded under the Cultural Economy 
theme.

One of these projects is on ‘Cultural Intermediation: Connecting 
Communities in the Cultural Urban Economy’. Led by the University of 
Birmingham (2012-2016), the consortium also includes the Universities of 
Salford, Liverpool John Moores, Birmingham City, City and Bristol. 
Cultural intermediation is a process which connects different kinds of 
communities into the creative economy and wider society. The research 
asks to what extent these processes meet the needs of urban communities 
in the 21st century and how they might operate more effectively (visit: 
http://culturalintermediation.wordpress.com/about/).

We are looking to appoint an outstanding individual as a post-doctoral 
Research Fellow to work across the project in delivering the work 
packages. The post is tenable for 18 months from April 2014 at Grade 7, 
£30,728.

The Research Fellow will specifically be employed to deliver work 
packages relating to community engagement and collaborative, 
participatory arts-based interventions in the Greater Manchester 
city-region. A particular emphasis is on setting up, developing, 
recording and providing a research report on the establishment of local 
commissioning panels to co-develop local cultural activities in the 
Salford area.

The successful candidate will be expected to hold a PhD or shortly to 
attain one and be able to demonstrate experience and insight across the 
arts and humanities and social sciences. They should have experience in 
practice-based arts interventions, as well as a firm grasp of cultural 
policy in an urban context and an ability to produce reports of a good 
quality. Local knowledge of and embeddedness in the Salford area will be 
a key advantage.

Once appointed, the candidate will work as part of a collaborative 
interdisciplinary and cross-institutional team. An equivalent post 
exists at the University of Birmingham.

The post-holder will report to Dr Beth Perry, Associate Director of SURF 
and will be located in SURF’s offices in Salford, Manchester. As a 
member of the SURF team, the successful candidate will also have the 
opportunity to engage in relevant Centre, School and University 
activities in the context of the overall portfolio of projects.

Questions about this post should be directed to: (b.perry /at/ salford.ac.uk).
Closing date: 12 March 2014.

Interview date: 2nd April 2014.

At the University of Salford we are committed to an inclusive approach 
to promoting equality and diversity.
Application link: http://ow.ly/u5Fiy
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