Research Assistant: Investigating Foraging and Wild Plant use in Merseyside and the North West Region

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1097662


Liverpool John Moores University


16/06/2025


Other - See Job


112 hours in total throughout duration of post


Smart Casual

Pay


£12.83


£1.55

Description

Role
*Ringfenced to LJMU Students who have completed their level 6 dissertation or recent graduates (up to 2 years)*

Working with Dr Kezia Barker in the Geography and Environmental Science Research group, School of Biological and Environmental Sciences. The role involves providing research assistance for a project investigating foraging and wild plant use in Merseyside and the North West region. Adopting a critical social science perspective, we will be investigating what these practices can tell us about public understandings of human-nature connections, experiences of climate change and concerns about environmental futures.

Duties and responsibilities
Research and research administration tasks that may include:
- Literature searches and academic reference management.

- Ethics application process.
- Building database of individuals and organisations as research contacts.
- Involvement in questionnaire drafting/production.
- Organising and/or undertaking qualitative interviews with practitioners.
- Media search and analysis (mainstream and promotional) on foraging/wild plant use.

Skills and experience
- Experience of qualitative research approaches.
- Ability to use online questionnaire software.
- Organisational skills (e.g. record keeping of online searches; spreadsheet of contacts).
- Ability to conduct literature searches and use zotero/reference manager (or willingness to learn).
- Willingness to undertake interviews or attend foraging events if needed.
- Ability to work independently. 

Location
LJMU

Additional information
*Ringfenced to LJMU Students who have completed their level 6 dissertation or recent graduates (up to 2 years)*

Informal enquiries can be emailed to Dr Kezia Barker - K.M.Barker@ljmu.ac.uk 

Please note informal enquiries should be followed up by a full application via Unitemps website to be considered for this role. 

Applications close at 11:59pm on Sunday 8th June 2025. 

 
Informal interviews to be held Tuesday 10th June 2025 - these can be online. 

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