Research Fellow (Centre for Business and Society)
About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
Based in the Centre for Business and Society (CBS) in the Faculty of Business and Law (FBL), your priority will be to strengthen and support the activities of the Centre, including income generation, research, impact and knowledge exchange. You will share the vision of the Centre to provide critical, social-science perspectives on business and management, with a particular focus on advancing research in operational excellence, sustainable supply chains, circular economy, business analytics and digital transformation. Quantitative skills such as modelling and simulation are preferred.
With a PhD in a relevant discipline, you’ll have a proven track record of leading impactful research, attracting research funding and of scholarly outputs. You will play an important role in strengthening the research profile of CBS by building internal and external relationships and collaborations. You will have a keen interest in being interdisciplinary, with the ability to critically engage with a wide range of literatures as well as policy
Informal enquiries can be made to Professor Manoj Dora, Professor in Sustainable Production and Consumption, manoj.dora@aru.ac.uk.
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We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
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Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
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Guidance Notes:
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