Research Fellow Mental Health COST

About the role

We are looking for a Research Fellow who will work on the Wellcome Trust funded project, ‘The Mental Health Costs of Statelessness (MH-COST): A case study of Pakistani Bengali Adolescents and Young Adults’. This multi‑method project is led by Dr Humera Iqbal, and the Research Fellow will take a lead role in conducting the second and third phases of the project, which comprise the quantitative analysis of a survey exploring the experiences of mental health amongst stateless adolescents and young adults in Pakistan; the survey represents the largest to date globally to study these issues with a stateless population, plus the development of interventions, public engagement and scholarly writing.

We are looking for someone with relevant social‑scientific expertise in mental health, psychiatric epidemiology, social psychology, quantitative social science, quantitative psychology or a similar area. The post‑holder should have excellent quantitative research skills and experience of data collection and analysis via online survey methods. The post‑holder will take a lead role in analysing survey data and disseminating the findings through high‑quality journal and conference outputs, and will also be involved in the administration and analysis of creative workshops with participants in Phase 3 of the project.

This post is funded by the Wellcome Trust and is available for 19 months on a part‑time basis: two days per week from 01 July 2026 to 28 February 2027, and three days per week from 01 March 2027 to 31 January 2028. The FTE of this role will be 0.4 FTE for the first period and 0.6 FTE for the second period. For further queries emailh.iqbal1@ucl.ac.uk.

About you

You will have a PhD in the social sciences, including psychology, social psychology, mental health, quantitative psychology, psychiatric epidemiology or a related area of study. Evidence of scholarship which contributes to SRI research, including work of international profile and a strong record of peer‑reviewed publications, is required.

Demonstrable experience of conducting quantitative research in the fields of mental health alongside either migration, citizenship studies or social identity is essential.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits, some of which are listed below:

• 41 days holiday: 27 days annual leave, 8 bank holidays, and 6 closure days (pro‑rata for part‑time staff)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme (pro‑rata for part‑time staff)
• Defined benefit career‑average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle‑to‑work scheme and season‑ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On‑site nursery
• On‑site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

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