Research Fellow (Discovering Liveability)

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Edinburgh offers a full-time Research Fellow position in the Discovering Liveability project. This role focuses on pioneering qualitative research related to suicide prevention, requiring a PhD and experience in critical policy analysis. Join a supportive team dedicated to impactful research in a vibrant academic community.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Diverse and supportive team

Access to personal well-being fund

Comprehensive Staff Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience in qualitative research methods, especially critical policy analysis.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing.
• A developing record of peer-reviewed publications.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to innovative suicide research centered on liveability.
• Work on co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention.

Skills

Qualitative research methods

Critical policy analysis

Clear communication

Education

PhD in relevant field (e.g. sociology, politics, social policy)

Job description

Research Fellow (Discovering Liveability)

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Job Description

Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres liveability and lived/living experience.

Job Description

Research Fellow (qualitative methods) to join the Discovering Liveability: Co-producing alternatives to suicide prevention project, contributing to innovative suicide research that centres liveability and lived/living experience.

This post is fixed-term (for 12 months) and full-time (35 hours per week). We are open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a non-contractual basis) that combines a mix of remote and regular (weekly) on-campus working. This is not a remote role.

The salary for this post is at Grade UE07: £40,497.00 to £48,149.00 per annum. Appointment will be made at Spinal Point 32-34 (£40,497.00-42,882.00) due to budgetary restrictions.

Your Skills And Attributes For Success

• Experience in qualitative research methods, especially critical policy analysis.
• Ability to communicate complex information clearly, orally and in writing (including for academic publication).
• A PhD in relevant field (e.g. sociology, politics, social policy).
• A developing record of peer-reviewed publications.
  
  

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Application Information

Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:

• CV
• Cover letter, setting out why you are applying for the role and how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
  
  

As a valued member of our team you can expect:

• A competitive salary.
• To join a diverse and supportive team of suicide researchers.
• Support, resources and mentorship in developing your academic career and goals.
• An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
• To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
• Access to a personal well-being fund throughout the project to contribute to individualised self-care and well-being support.
• Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
  
  

Championing equality, diversity and inclusion

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter, and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

We particularly encourage candidates from minoritised backgrounds to apply to this role, as one of our project goals is to contribute to diversifying suicide research and related knowledges and practices. In addition, the role is suitable for and welcoming of candidates who have lived/living experiences with suicide/suicidality.

Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages (opens new browser tab).

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.

Key dates to note

The closing date for applications is 18 th July 2025.

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About Us

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

About The Team

Health in Social Science, Counselling and Psychotherapy is one of Scotland’s leading providers of postgraduate education, training and research in the field of Counselling and Psychotherapy. Since the 1970s, Counselling and Psychotherapy has been at the forefront of the development of counselling as a professional activity in Scotland and across the globe. We provide a range of professionally accredited education programmes, from the Postgraduate Certificate and Diploma, through to Masters and Professional Doctorate. We also offer research degrees, the MSc by Research and PhD/MPhil. To support our training and research, we operate our own public counselling service, the Hope Park Counselling Centre, one of only three such centres in the UK. Our core orientation is a dialogue between psychodynamic perspectives and the person-centred approach. Our core ethos is to provide a rich relational engagement with clients, students, research participants and colleagues, an engagement which values dialogue, subjectivity, diversity and the complexity of the lives we live in contemporary times.

The staff team is made up of senior practitioners in the field, who are also experienced teachers, supervisors and researchers. We are committed to original, empirical and theoretical research that engages critically with the practices of counselling and psychotherapy, and we are especially keen to encourage research concerned with the interface between counselling, psychotherapy and social, cultural and political life, as well as research that draws directly on practitioners’ own therapeutic work. Our expertise lies in qualitative, reflexive and critical research approaches. Methodologically we draw upon autoethnographic, arts-informed, narrative and collaborative traditions. Our research portfolio is interdisciplinary, integrating concepts, practices and scholarship from counselling and psychotherapy with a range of disciplines including sociology, human geography, philosophy, theology, religious studies, education and cultural studies.

To find out more, visit https://www.ed.ac.uk/health/subject-areas/counselling

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