Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

The University of Edinburgh • Remote (Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom) • £40.25k - £47.87k / year • 2d ago

Full time: 35 hours per week

Fixed Term: from 1^st September 2025 until 31^st August 2028

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a postdoctoral research fellow to work on the Leverhulme Trust-funded project, ‘Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution Of Heritage-based Hostility On Social Media’. You will undertake research focused on the cultural evolution of archaeological information using advanced text-mining techniques and statistics.

This post fixed term (1^st September 2025 – 31^st August 2028) and full-time (35 hours per week). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular on-campus working.

The salary scale for this post is UE07 £40,247 to £47,874 per annum. This post will be appointed at Grade UE07 Step 4, which is £43,878 per annum.

Your skills and attributes for success:

PhD (already defended) on a topic related to one or more of the following: archaeology, heritage, anthropology, linguistics, cultural evolution, diffusion of information or hostility, or a relevant topic
Advanced skills in computational methods and statistics
Ability to plan research activities, including the collection, analysis and interpretation of textual data using Python, R or other programming language
Ability to work independently, but in close coordination with team members
Excellent communication skills, in English, both orally and in writing

£40,247 to £47,874 per annum (Grade 7)

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