Research Assistant (x2)

University of Glasgow - College of Social Sciences - School of Law

This post is fixed term for a minimum of 240 hours from 1st May 2026 to 31st July 2026.

We have an opportunity for 2 Research Assistants to contribute to the project The legal foundations for a civic financial system (“Civic Finance”) working with Professor Javier Solana (“Principal Investigator” or “PI”).

The overarching objective of Civic Finance is to develop a complexity-informed theory of law and finance that can underpin the legal foundations of a civic financial system; in particular, a financial system that refrains from enabling unsustainable levels of CO2 emissions. Civic Finance is funded by a European Research Council Starting Grant (Grant Agreement No.: 101165302).

The Research Assistants will support the review of relevant academic literature that explores how organisations make decisions; in particular, how financial institutions select their corporate clients, and how financial institutions make decisions regarding specific financial products and services to offer to those clients. Research Assistant 1 will focus, predominantly, on academic literature that explores how culture and social norms might influence those decisions, while Research Assistant 2 will focus, predominantly, on how economic factors might influence those decisions. Please indicate in your cover letter which post you wish to be considered for.

Hybrid working arrangements will be welcomed in line with the University’s flexible working policy.

For informal enquiries about the role, please contact Professor Javier Solana, Javier.Solana@glasgow.ac.uk.

Closing date: 5th February 2026 at 23:45