Research Associate in Developmental Psychology x2 at Lancaster University

You will work on a project funded by the Nuffield Foundation to investigate the prenatal environmental origins of the ‘achievement gap’ in UK schools.

Your role

You will conduct systematic reviews, contribute to publications and presentations (academic and non-academic), and co-organise policy briefing workshops. You will have an undergraduate degree in Psychology or related area. You should be able to demonstrate an ability to conduct systematic review research, and enthusiasm for informing future research, policy and practice surrounding early years education.

The Team

Our team is led by Dr Kirsty Dunn (Lancaster University), in collaboration with a number of academic and clinical experts in perinatal health;

Professor Gert Westermann (Lancaster University), Professor P. Saravannan (University of Warwick), Dr Thomas Barber (University of Warwick).

Our team further includes an exciting group of academic, clinical care experts, and representatives of families with lived experiences of the factors under investigation.

Why should you work with us?

Researchers will work with professionals from a range of careers; develop publications and outputs; present at conferences; engage in informing policy activities; access professional development training; and build their internal and external networks.

Researchers will have:

• Generous holiday leave – 25 days (pro-rata) annual leave plus University closure days and bank holidays.
• Access to employee pension scheme, and annual flexible benefits scheme.

The Psychology Department is a busy teaching and research active Department. It is home to a friendly group of over 40 Academic staff, with teams of Research and Professional Services and Technical staff. The Department supports a large cohort of Undergraduate students; a thriving group of Masters and Postgraduate research students; and a wide range of research projects including several cross-institution grants. We are committed to promoting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion across the Faculty, and supporting family-friendly and flexible working policies. The Department holds an Athena Swan Bronze Award, which recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address gender equality in Higher Education and research.

Further information about the Department is available at: www.psych.lancs.ac.uk

Please upload a cover letter with your application.

This role is indefinite subject to funding, which is currently only available until March, 2025. Candidates are expected to start before the end of October 2023.

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be addressed to Dr Kirsty Dunn, Lecturer in Developmental Psychology, k.dunn@lancaster.ac.uk

Further details:

Unless specified otherwise, all advertised roles are UK based. The University strongly supports the individual needs of each employee, whilst promoting the importance of wellbeing for all our colleagues. We have a range of support networks available for our employees, please see the ‘Working at Lancaster’ information page. We are committed to family-friendly and flexible working policies on an individual basis. The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education. We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.