Details
1122148
University of Nottingham
01/02/2027
3 Months
To be arranged by hiring manager - 15 hours per week for 12 weeks.
Smart Casual
Pay
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Description
Role
The School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), University of Nottingham, in conjunction with the Rights Lab, is recruiting a team of Research Assistants to support the delivery of an AHRC Curiosity Award, which seeks to study “weaponised forced migration” – the use of trafficked victims for espionage or sabotage, and their exploitation for propaganda purposes. We are recruiting for 3 Research Assistants to support the development of three, in-depth empirical case studies of “weaponised forced migration” already identified during the first conceptual and scoping part of the project. Research Assistants will be assigned an individual case study and required to engage in independent research supporting the project team.
Start Date: 01/02/2027
End Date: 23/04/2027
Working Hours: To be arranged by hiring manager - 15 hours per week for 12 weeks
Pay Rate: £17.86 per hour
Holiday Pay Rate: £2.16 per hour
Location: Law & Social Sciences, UoN for meetings but remote working in agreement with line manager
Dress Code: Smart Casual
Duties and responsibilities
- To meet regularly with line manager to plan and undertake research
- To conduct research activities in line with prescribed research protocols
- To draft initial write-ups of research, analysis, and synthesis
- To review, collate, and summarise academic literature, specifically targeting an agreed list of journals
- To collect, record, and analyse archival and interview data, whether online or in-person
- To review historical archival documents collected from public archives
Skills and experience
Essential:
- Current University of Nottingham Social Sciences PhD or postgraduate students
- Experience of reviewing, collating, and summarising existing academic literature
- Experience of identifying and analysing original datasets or other primary sources
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Strong eye for detail
- Excellent time management and ability to work to a deadline
- Professional manner in all communications
Desirable:
- Familiarity with academic research on human rights/modern slavery and hybrid threats – intelligence, subversion, sabotage and propaganda
- Experience conducting qualitative or mixed-method research
- Experience of interpreting archival material
- Experience using Microsoft Excel, MS Word
Location
Law & Social Sciences, UoN for meetings but remote working in agreement with line manager.
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