The University of Exeter wishes to recruit a Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow to work on the ESRC-funded Nature Recovery and Regional Development (NaRReD) project. NaRReD is designed to measure and track the socio-economic impacts of nature recovery, exploring the implications for regional development policy and practice. The project has been developed in partnership with Britain’s […]
Developing age-friendly and just indoor spaces: indoor environmental quality and Net Zero transitions In this PhD you will explore the experiences and impacts of Net Zero building upgrades on indoor environmental quality for older people, including thermal comfort and indoor air quality. This PhD project will be mixed-methods, and will develop and deploy an energy […]
York St John University (UK) is currently advertising a full-time, permanent post for a lecturer with expertise in cultural geography, available from January 2025. The post-holder will teach across undergraduate and postgraduate levels: likely to include the second-year undergrad ‘Culture & Landscape’ and third-year ‘Human Geographies of Nature’ modules, and contributing to the multi-disciplinary MA […]
We are delighted to announce Manchester Metropolitan University is offering a fully-funded PhD studentship in place management. The project will build on the impactful work of the Institute of Place Management, contributing new insights into one or more of the following research themes: * Place experience, placemaking and atmospheres. * The role of multifunctionality in […]
AHRC/TECHNE PhD Studentships at Kingston University London for October 2025 entry The Department of Architecture and Landscape at Kingston University London is delighted to invite expressions of interest from strong researchers to join our PhD Programme from October 2025. Funded full-time and part-time studentships are available on a competitive basis through the TECHNE Doctoral Training […]
This appointment is being made in relation to a new three-year Wellcome Trust grant entitled “Oppressive Heat: Heat Stress, Debt Bondage and British Overseas Investment in Cambodian Construction” (2024-2027). The grant explores how the thermal experience of climate change is shaped not only by a person’s physical location, but also their social position. The jobs […]
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science – international climate politics and non-state actors at the Department of Political Science. Closing date: 4 October 2024. The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education- and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading and internationally prominent within its field of […]
The Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science has two job opportunities: Assistant Professor in Development Studies Assistant Professor in Development Economics
This is a three-year post-doc suitable for soon-to-be-finished doctoral students interested in planning, place adaptation and net zero. It’s a fully funded, full time Research Associate post at the University of Glasgow and is part of a new ESRC-funded research project called URBAN RETROFIT UK which will examine the barriers to place adaptation in existing […]
2 year Postdoc position (with reasonable possibilities for extension) in Innovation and Sustainability Transitions Studies related to the research project Legitimacy and acceleration of Green Energy Initiatives and Transitions (LEGIT). The overall ambition for the position is to advance our understanding of acceleration empirically and conceptually in sustainability transitions research. The position is located in the Entrepreneurship, […]
We are hiring a Senior researcher – Governance of sustainability transformation (fixed term from 1.11.2024 or as agreed until 31.10.2026) As a Senior researcher, you will examine different forms of transformative governance and regulation. Work will include analyzing the implementation of policies supporting sustainability transformation at various levels of society, from EU policies to local […]
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Human Geography (Job Number: 24001626) Department of Geography Grade 7: – £37,099 – £39,347 per annum Contract Duration: 36 months Closing Date : 09-Oct-2024, 11:59:00 PM Working at Durham University A globally outstanding centre of teaching and research excellence, a warm and friendly place to work, a unique and historic setting – Durham is a university like […]
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science – international climate politics and non-state actors at the Department of Political Science<https://www.su.se/department-of-political-science/>. Closing date: 4 October 2024. The Department of Political Science is a dynamic and strong education- and research department at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Stockholm University. The Department aims to be nationally leading and internationally […]
You may be interested in applying for these research fellowships in our new Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory at the University of Stirling in central Scotland. Please circulate this ad for outstanding researchers in any field studying place and memory to work with us in an interdisciplinary team. Full information on the […]
‘Co-Producing EDI Interventions for Virtual Production’ is a four year AHRC-funded research project which seeks to address structural inequalities in the film and television sector. Working with partner companies and freelancers, the project will co-produce, test and evaluate new ways of working in film and television that offer fairer and more inclusive forms of employment. […]
Lectureships in Real Estate and Planning The Department of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School (University of Reading, United Kingdom) is seeking to appoint two new faculty members at Lecturer level. The first position is for a lecturer in ‘Housing Markets and Policy’. Areas of interest include: housing economics, housing finance and mortgage […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed how and where we work. Rates of remote working skyrocketed during national lockdowns; for many, this was the ‘grand experiment nobody wanted’. […]
Sarah Ayres is the Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international […]
Sarah Ayres is the Professor of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Bristol, UK. Her central research interest is the governance of place, space and territory. This core provides the basis for two main strands of work. First, her research is concerned with devolution and decentralisation in both a UK and an international […]
Neil Lee is a Professor of Economic Geography at the LSE. He is also Professor II at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and theme convenor at the LSE’s International Inequalities Institute. His research has been funded by international and private sector organisations including the World Bank, OECD, the EIB, and Barclays Bank, and cited in […]
Alan is the Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association and General Manager of the RSA Europe foundation. He joined both organisations in February 2024, arriving with extensive experience of organisational and professional leadership. Alan’s background is as a geographer and geography educator. He led the Geographical Association (GA) for over 11 years and played […]
Alan is the Chief Executive of the Regional Studies Association and General Manager of the RSA Europe foundation. He joined both organisations in February 2024, arriving with extensive experience of organisational and professional leadership. Alan’s background is as a geographer and geography educator. He led the Geographical Association (GA) for over 11 years and played […]
Stefania is a multidisciplinary researcher and teaching fellow in planning and economic development, with working experience in international consultancies. She is a Senior Teaching Associate in Planning Growth and Urban Regeneration in the Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge and a Visiting Lecturer at The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London. Her PhD in […]
Dr Dieter F. Kogler, School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy & Insight Centre for Data Analytics, University College Dublin, Ireland RSA Early Career Research Grant holder Project: International Knowledge Flows and Spillovers and the Evolution of National Technology Trajectories (2013-2014) Dieter’s RSA funded research delivered for the first time, a structured and replicable empirical test […]