Senior Research Fellow in Cambridge

About ARU: ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

About the Role: Based in the Centre for Media, Arts & Creative Technologies (MACT), your priority will be to work alongside the Director (Professor Tanya Horeck) to provide research leadership and to work collaboratively on research projects. Producing high-quality research, and leading and preparing research proposals to secure external funding will be key parts of the role. We are looking for an academic at the Associate Professor level, with subject-expertise in one or more of the following areas: social media platforms; the attention economy; young people and social media; ethics and technology; sexual and gender-based violence; image-based sexual abuse; technology-facilitated violence, including AI-Facilitated harms.

You will have a PhD and a strong research record in Media Studies, Gender Studies and/or Criminology or Sociology. The role is ideal for someone who has experience of leading research projects involving applied qualitative and/or quantitative research. Preferred candidates will have strong experience of preparing research bids and have an excellent track record of world-leading publications. Someone who takes an innovative and creative approach to developing and exploring new research ideas is particularly welcomed.

Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Tanya Horeck, at tanya.horeck@aru.ac.uk. We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK and will conduct Right to Work checks in line with UKVI’s Right to Work policy and our own institutional policy. Furthermore, we must note: Applicants applying from outside the UK: At this time, ARU is unable to sponsor applicants applying from overseas for a Worker Route visa. Applicants already in the UK: ARU is unable to offer Worker Route visa sponsorship to applicants whose salary does not meet our minimum sponsorship threshold, which aligns with roles at Grade 6 and above. Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.

Guidance Notes: Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements.