Post Doctoral Research Associate in Law

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Associate to work in the Centre for Protecting Women Online funded by Research England. The successful candidate will work closely with Professor Olga Jurasz, Professor of Law and Director of the Centre, as well as the Law Stream team.

Project Description

The Centre for Protecting Women Online is a research unit dedicated to understanding and addressing challenges posed to women’s safety online through a novel, interdisciplinary and ambitious research agenda.

Key Responsibilities

• Play an active part in building and supporting the Centre’s research culture.
• Initiate and contribute to innovative funding bids in collaboration with other researchers.
• Support the development and submission of funding bids in the Centre including working on systematic literature reviews, data and impact plans, networking with non-academic stakeholders and partners, working with internal research staff and scoping of potential funding sources.
• Assist with producing research outputs, including presentation and publication.
• Contribute to and support delivery of knowledge exchange activities.

Essential Criteria

• A completed PhD in Law or related field (or PhD submitted and awaiting viva).
• Expertise in legal research methods.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with critical and feminist approaches to gendered violence.
• Knowledge of and familiarity with research on online environments, in particular social media.