Research Fellow - AR3265

University of St Andrews - School of Modern Languages

Location: Remote

Salary: £38,249 pro rata, per annum.

Hours: Full Time, Part Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 30th March 2026

Closes: 30th April 2026

Job Ref: 466372

Start date: 1 July 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Part time, fixed term: Two months at 0.5 FTE (but can be flexible between 1 month at 1FTE and 6 months 0.16 FTE)

Applications are sought for a committed Post-doctoral Research Fellow to work with Prof. Bettina Bildhauer conducting research for a STAIRS-funded project entitled “Gathering strong evidence and best practice recommendations as part of planned ICS: “Changing menstrual policy and language through research on menstrual history and politics”. The primary duties will be to identify a corpus of c. 100 menstrual policy documents, to analyse it and to write a report of the analysis.

The successful applicant will have (or be near to completion of) a PhD in a relevant field with expertise in quantitative and/or qualitative analysis.

The post is available for remote working in the UK starting 1 July 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. It is available for either:

• For one month at 1 FTE
• For two months at 0.5 FTE
• For three months at 0.33 FTE
• For four months at 0.25 FTE
• For five months at 0.2 FTE
• For six months at 0.16 FTE

Further information and informal enquiries may be directed to Bettina Bildhauer at bmeb@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Benefits:

• Financial contribution to relocation (subject to eligibility).
• Membership of the USS Pension Scheme with a generous employer contribution of 14.5%.
• A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies, supporting work-life balance.
• Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services.
• Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel.
• Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme.
• 34 Days Annual Leave plus 5 Public Holidays.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Information on other visa options is available at https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa or by contacting our HR Immigration Team on hrimmigration@st-andrews.ac.uk.

Closing date: 30 April 2026

Interview date: 18 May 2026 (TBC)

Job Description: AR3265RS FPs.pdf

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