"Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Laws and Justice) (Fixed term)"

Research Fellow in Slavery and War (Laws and Justice) (Fixed term)

University of Nottingham - Social Sciences

Location: Nottingham

Salary: £35,116 to £46,735 per annum pro-rata depending on skills and experience. Salary progression beyond this scale is subject to performance

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 15th August 2025

Closes: 31st August 2025

Job Ref: SOC213625

In 2025, the University of Nottingham and King’s College London will launch the new Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War, funded by the Leverhulme Trust for up to £10 million over ten years.

The Centre will be the first overarching and integrative attempt to understand the relationships between slavery and war. Structured around four interconnected research strands—(Re)conceptualising, Understanding, Forecasting and Tackling—the Centre’s programme aims for far-reaching insights that transform global responses to modern slavery in conflict settings.

This role is one of seven new roles being recruited into the Rights Lab at the University of Nottingham as part of the new Centre. The Centre is based within dedicated Leverhulme Centre space in Highfield House and the expectation is the role holder will work in person in Highfield House for at least 60% of the working week.

The Rights Lab is the world’s largest, leading group of modern slavery researchers. Our challenge-led, team-based approach to research fosters interdisciplinary collaboration. We are committed to ensuring our work is relevant, timely, responsive, accessible, and actionable.

The role holder will conduct primary and secondary research and contribute to the development of new approaches, methodologies, and techniques appropriate to the research. Specific projects will be identified in line with the role-holder’s expertise and skills, as well as Centre need. The role-holder will have the opportunity to use their initiative and creativity to identify areas for research, develop research methods and extend their research portfolio within the thematic area of slavery in war.

Candidates should have a PhD in a relevant field and experience or demonstrable interest in working as part of a research team. You will be at a relatively early stage of your academic careers.

This is a full-time role, available as a fixed-term post commencing by November 1, 2025 and ending August 31, 2028, with potential for continuation.

Please contact Professor Zoe Trodd if you have further questions about this role.