[Commlist] Job: Senior Research Associate (0.6FTE), Digital Intimacies, UEA

*Senior Research Associate (0.6FTE), Digital Intimacies: how gay and 
bisexual men use their smartphones to negotiate their cultures of 
intimacy (ESRC New Investigator Grant)*

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*University of East Anglia, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, School of 
Art, Media and American Studies*

*Ref: RA1736*

*£33,797 to £40,322 per annum, pro rata*

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*Apply here: 
https://myview.uea.ac.uk/webrecruitment/pages/vacancy.jsf?vacancyRef=RA1736*

UEA has some of the most innovative and highly regarded centres for 
research in the UK. Applications are invited for the post of Senior 
Research Associate to undertake research under the supervision of Dr. 
Jamie Hakim in order to study “Digital Intimacies: how gay and bisexual 
men use their smartphones to negotiate their cultures of intimacies” 
<https://www.uea.ac.uk/digital-intimacies> which is funded through an 
ESRC New Investigator’s Research Grant.

The aim of the project is to obtain an interdisciplinary (media & 
cultural studies and public health) understanding of the ways that gay 
and bisexual men use their smartphones to negotiate their cultures of 
intimacy. It will do this through a combination of qualitative, in-depth 
interviews with 40 gay and bisexual men, discourse analysis of media 
texts and cultural analysis of contemporary gay and bisexual male cultures.

The Senior Research Associate’s key function within the project is to 
support the Principal Investigator and Co-Investigator carry out the 
research. Their main duties will include undertaking qualitative, 
in-depth interviews with gay and bisexual about how they use their 
smartphones to negotiate their cultures of intimacy. They will also 
assist in the analysis of media texts that represent gay and bisexual 
smartphone mediated intimacies as well as documents that pertain to the 
material conditions in which these intimacies take place. The Senior 
Research Associate will also be involved in the writing up and 
dissemination of research findings as conference presentations, written 
publications and a podcast. They will also be involved in day-to-day 
administrative duties and conference organisation.

The research will be based at the University of East Anglia in the 
School of Art, Media and American Studies in collaboration with 
Edinburgh University. The project also has partnerships with sexual 
health organisations Terrence Higgins Trust, London Friend and Waverley 
Care.

You will hold a relevant postgraduate research degree (PhD) in Media and 
Cultural Studies or Sociology (or a related discipline) or have 
equivalent professional experience in the research area. You will have 
experience of carrying out qualitative, in-depth interviews and have a 
good understanding of key issues in contemporary gay and bisexual male 
cultures. You should also have excellent oral and written communication 
skills, and experience of presenting and writing-up research results for 
publication in peer-viewed books, conferences and/or journals. You 
should be able to meet all the essential criteria set out in the Person 
Specification.

You will be expected to travel to Scotland and London to carry out some 
interviews, as well as travel internationally for relevant conferences, 
symposia and research seminars.

This post is available on a part-time (0.6FTE) basis from 1 June 2020 to 
13 November 2021.

*Closing date: 2 March 2020*

The University is a Silver Athena Swan Award holder.

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