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Senior Researcher – SHARE project

  • Location: Old Road Campus, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7LF
  • Grade and salary: Grade 8: £48,235 - £57,255 per annum
  • Hours: Full time (part-time considered)
  • Contract type: Fixed-term until 20 April 2028
  • Deadline for applications: 12pm, 23 April 2025

We are inviting a Senior Researcher position to work on the Wellcome-funded SHARE project (Environmentally Sustainable Health Research) at the Ethox Centre in Oxford. The SHARE project is a large multi-national project applying a critical, but constructive, lens to the tools developed to encourage and enable more environmentally sustainable health research. Principle investigators in the project are Prof Federica Lucivero (University of Oxford), Dr Gabrielle Samuel (King’s College London), and Dr Manjulika Vaz (St John’s Institute, Bangalore). Collaborators on the project will lead case studies in Kenya, Ghana and Brazil.

The post holder will be a member of the Ethox Centre and will report to Professor Federica Lucivero. They will be responsible for a workpackage of the project aiming at developing a conceptual and normative framework that supports context-sensitive, just, systems-focused and reflexive environmentally sustainable health research and tool use. This work will be done in collaboration with a research team based in Ghana, working on solidarity and pluriversality. In addition, the role will facilitate knowledge exchange with the strand of the SHARE project undertaking empirical research into tool use and actively contribute to the strand co-designing practical resources with research communities. The post holder will also provide guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants, and/or project volunteers.

To be considered, you will hold a PhD in (bio)ethics, philosophy, sociology, anthropology or similar. You will have experience with applying conceptual reflection to empirical data. You will have substantial relevant post-qualification research experience and a strong publication record. You will have excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings.

Visit the University of Oxford website for full details and how to apply.