Senior Research Fellow (Fixed Term)

University of Nottingham; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

30 days holiday

Bonus schemes

Staff development

Benefits package

Job summary

University of Nottingham’s School of Politics and International Relations invites applications for a Senior Research Fellow to lead qualitative work on the Nuffield Foundation project "From Rivers of Blood to Rising Seas: Attitudes to Climate Migration", in partnership with Climate Outreach across the UK.

You will design and facilitate focus groups with ethnic minority and White British participants in multiple cities, analyse data with NVivo and CDA, and publish findings while engaging with

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field with a strong publication record.
• Demonstrable experience of qualitative methods.
• Experience in research on race, migration or public/environmental attitudes.
• Experience working with community organisations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Design and facilitate focus groups with diverse participants.
• Analyse data using NVivo and Critical Discourse Analysis.
• Contribute to historical discourse analyses and Delphi study.
• Disseminate findings through peer‑reviewed publications and conferences.
• Collaborate with community partners, policymakers and the Advisory Group.

Skills

PhD in relevant field

Strong publication record

Qualitative methods

Race/migration attitudes research

Community organisations experience (to

Education

PhD in a relevant field

Tools

NVivo

Job description

Salary
£46,049 to £58,225 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

Area
Politics and International Relations
Location
University Park
Salary
£46,049 to £58,225 per annum, depending on skills and experience.
Closing Date
Wednesday 28 October 2026
Reference
SOC2349626
The School of Politics and International Relations and School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham invites applications for a Senior Research Fellow to support a Nuffield Foundation-funded project, "From Rivers of Blood to Rising Seas: Attitudes to Climate Migration". Working in partnership with Climate Outreach, the project investigates how people in Britain understand climate-linked migration, and how their views are shaped by race, colonial legacies and migration histories. It centres the perspectives of ethnic minority communities with heritage links to climate-vulnerable Commonwealth countries, setting today's climate-migration narratives against the racialised debates that surrounded post-war migration to the UK.
You will take a leading role across the project's mixed-methods design, with particular responsibility for its qualitative strand: designing and facilitating focus groups with ethnic minority and White British participants in Nottingham, Bristol, Manchester and London, and analysing the data using NVivo and Critical Discourse Analysis. You will also contribute to a critical historical discourse analysis of migration narratives and an expert-consensus Delphi study, disseminate findings through peer-reviewed publications and conferences, and work closely with community partners, policymakers and the project's Advisory Group.
You will hold a PhD in a relevant field, with a strong publication record and demonstrable experience of qualitative methods. Experience of research on race, migration, public or environmental attitudes, and of working with community organisations, is desirable.
This is an exciting opportunity for an established researcher to shape a high-profile programme at the intersection of race, migration and climate change, and to build a national reputation through publication and public impact.

• A friendly, diverse, and supportive working environment
• A hybrid working arrangement with the blended approach of home and office working each week
• Generous holiday entitlement of 30 days (or pro rata) plus standard bank holidays and five university closure days including closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Our reward scheme grants bonuses of numerous values for excellent work
• We are committed to staff development through the provision of training, continued support, and career progression opportunities
• You will have access to a range of benefits and rewards, including fitness and health facilities, staff discounts, travel schemes and many more. To find out more about what we can offer you, follow the link to our benefits website
  

Your working hours will be 36.25 hours per week. If you are interested in part-time work (minimum 29 hours per week), we encourage you to apply. Please specify your preferred hours in your application.

This is a Fixed Term contract for 18 months. Anticipated start date 01/02/2027

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