Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Archaeology in North East

Organisation/Company DURHAM UNIVERSITY Research Field Cultural studies History Geosciences Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Established Researcher (R3) Application Deadline 11 Feb 2026 – 00:00 (UTC) Country United Kingdom Type of Contract Other Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in bioarchaeology with a particular emphasis on bioethics of historical anatomical skeletal legacy collections in the UK. The research project is supported by a British Academy Global Professorship awarded to Sian Halcrow. The aims of the project are

• Assay a wide range of collections, establishing information on acquisition and origin;
• Establish the changing uses of these collections over time in terms of teaching, curation, display, education, and outreach;
• Establish the provenance of the individuals curated within these collections, and as much information as possible about their lives;
• Co-produce new practice and policy guidelines for anatomical skeletal collections, relevant to Britain and globally.

The successful applicant will be expected to undertake and/or support interviews and qualitative analysis and will be involved in data collection from the museum collections, and all analysis, and publication development and conference presentations.

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