Research Fellow in Transport and Health Governance

University of Leeds - School of Earth and Environment

This role will be based on the university campus, with scope for it to be undertaken in a hybrid manner. We are also open to discussing flexible working arrangements.

Are you interested in transport or health governance with a drive to undertake impactful transdisciplinary research? Do you want to develop your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities?

We are looking for an enthusiastic and agile post-doctoral Research Fellow to work on the Healthy Low-carbon Transport Hub, an UKRI/MRC funded initiative. The HLTH has been established to lead research into the potential to maximise the health benefits of low-carbon transport. Accelerated transport decarbonisation is essential if the UK is to meet statutory greenhouse gas (CO2e) emissions targets. Historically, CO2e emissions reduction measures have not systemically considered physical and mental health impacts, or inequalities in their distribution. The new Hub will identify barriers, incentives and accelerants to implementing healthy low-carbon transport schemes and propose and evaluate new solutions towards maximising health co-benefits and reducing health inequalities associated with low-carbon transport interventions. This role will consider what changes in transport and health governance systems are needed to create an enabling environment in which healthy low-carbon transport schemes can be implemented.

This post is based at the University of Leeds and will work closely with a interdisciplinary team of researchers, spanning a variety of disciplines from clinicians, economists, engineers and social scientists, across the University Leeds’ School of Earth and Environment, Institute for Transport Studies and Academic Unit of Health Economics, the University of Southampton, University of Birmingham and University College London (UCL). The post has funding for 18 months full-time equivalent and we would welcome discussions about running the post part-time over a longer period of time, ideally 0.4FTE for 45 months to allow contribution across the hub lifetime.

If you are not a British or Irish citizen, from 1 January 2021 you will require permission to work in the UK. This will normally be in the form of a visa but, if you are an EEA/Swiss citizen and resident in the UK before 31 December 2020, this may be your passport or status under the EU Settlement Scheme. Please note that due to Home Office visa requirements, this role is not suitable for first-time Skilled Worker visa applicants.

What we offer in return:

• 26 days holiday plus approx.16 Bank Holidays/days that the University is closed by custom (including Christmas) – That’s 42 days a year!
• Generous pension scheme plus life assurance– the University contributes 14.5% of salary.
• Health and Wellbeing: Discounted staff membership options at The Edge, our state-of-the-art Campus gym, with a pool, sauna, climbing wall, cycle circuit, and sports halls.
• Personal Development: Access to courses run by our Organisational Development & Professional Learning team.
• Access to on-site childcare, shopping discounts and travel schemes are also available.

To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: Prof. Katy Roelich, Email: K.E.Roelich@leeds.ac.uk

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