[ecrea] Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (Digital Humanities) - Creative Interruptions

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant (Digital Humanities)  Brunel University

Vacancy Ref: IAE0022-1

Full time, fixed term for 3 years

Salary (Grade R1): £30,309 - £39,934 per annum incl. of London Weighting

Applications are invited for a Post-Doctoral Research Assistant to work 
on ‘Creative Interruptions’, a three year international project funded 
by the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s (AHRC) ‘Connected 
Communities’ programme that will commence in October 2016. This large 
consortia project will explore how disenfranchised communities have used 
cultural production to challenge inequality and oppression. Based at 
Brunel University London, you will work with and provide support to a 
large team of researchers led by Professor Sarita Malik (Principal 
Investigator - PI), with Co-Investigators from the University of Sussex, 
Sheffield Hallam University, Queen’s University Belfast and University 
of Strathclyde.


The successful candidate will be required to provide expert, specialist 
and professional input in Digital Humanities over the life-cycle of the 
project and develop a research strategy for the publication of research 
outputs. They will take a leading role in data collection, digital, 
software application methodologies and the online presentation of 
research, as well as developing a hyper-connected social networking 
community, connecting different groups across cultures, generations and 
communities via innovative digital platforms. The Research Assistant 
will help broaden knowledge and skills in participatory, co-created 
research through digital methodologies and in the role of digital 
cultures in diverse communities and grassroots cultural production.


This post is suitable for an exceptional candidate with an up-to-date 
understanding of the research capacity of Digital Humanities, its 
implications on various fields of contemporary society and culture and a 
good track record of research writing in the field. The candidate will 
hold a PhD in Media Studies, Sociology or related discipline, with clear 
expertise in the field of Digital Media, Digital Humanities and Digital 
Society. They will have proven capability of independent leadership in 
the practice of Digital Humanities, of collaborative working with 
diverse communities, and in the application of Digital Methodologies. 
This is an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated and creative 
individual to contribute to this complex, inter-disciplinary project 
that researches creativity, social exclusion and the arts.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Sarita Malik by email: 
(sarita.malik /at/ brunel.ac.uk) <mailto:(sarita.malik /at/ brunel.ac.uk)>

Closing date for applications:  31st May 2016
Date for Interviews: week commencing 20th June 2016
Start Date: 01st October 2016

This position does not meet the resident labour market test under UK 
Visas and Immigration rules and therefore Brunel University London would 
be unable to obtain the right to work for non-EEA nationals whose 
employment would require a Tier 2 certificate of sponsorship.

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