RESEARCH ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE IN LAND MANAGEMENT

RESEARCH ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE IN LAND MANAGEMENT
Newcastle University, School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development (Centre for Rural Economy)
£23,002 - £26,666 p.a.
Closing Date: 8 January 2008

Based in the Centre for Rural Economy within the School of Agriculture, Food & Rural Development, you will work on the research project 'Science in the Field: Understanding the Changing Role of Expertise in the Rural Economy', funded by the UK Research Councils' Rural Economy and Land Use Programme (RELU). The research will explore the role of field-level advisers as knowledge brokers between scientific research and land management practice, focusing on the knowledge exchange practices of rural vets, wildlife ecologists, and land agents / surveyors. For one day a week, the researcher will also provide research support and analysis to the Director's Office of the RELU Programme. You must have a track record of qualitative research in a social science discipline and should have, or be near to completing, a postgraduate research degree in a relevant social science discipline.

The post will start in April 2008 and is for 2.5 years in duration.

For further particulars and details see http://www.ncl.ac.uk/vacancies/vacancy.phtml?ref=D2419R

Job Ref: D2419R


Jeremy Phillipson
Assistant Director
Rural Economy and Land Use Programme
Centre for Rural Economy
School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development
University of Newcastle
NE1 7RU
jeremy.phillipson@ncl.ac.uk

RELU Web site
http://www.relu.ac.uk

CRE Web site
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/cre/