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King's College London is recruiting three Research Associate (Impact) posts (Grade 6, 60% FTE) in the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy. This opportunity is aimed at recent PhD graduates or postdoctoral researchers with a social science background who want to build expertise in research impact, engagement, strategy, and impact evaluation . The role supports the Faculty’s work to strengthen impact culture and prepare for REF2029 . The post holders will work across disciplines and contribu...

Arc Universities Group is sharing a fully funded PhD opportunity at Anglia Ruskin University , based in the Global Sustainability Institute . The project will explore how Europe’s energy transition can become more inclusive, with a focus on low-carbon energy decisions , community knowledge , and the role of expertise in shaping policy and practice. The research is funded by the ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) . The successful PhD candidate will be able to shape their own project with...

One fully funded PhD position is available at Edinburgh Napier University in the Blockpass Identity Lab on the project “Privacy-aware Public Trust Infrastructure (PTI) for Elections with AI Fake Detection” . The project is co-funded by Democracy Counts and focuses on building a privacy-preserving trusted AI infrastructure for elections, including an Electoral Trust Infrastructure (ETI) as an initial implementation. The research sits at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence , Cyber Security...

King's College London is advertising a PhD opportunity in computational approaches for mapping political polarisation in the age of AI . The project sits at the intersection of political science , computational social science , computer science , statistics , and related quantitative fields, with a focus on understanding what political polarisation means, how it can be measured, and how AI and social media may shape it. The project is intentionally broad and is expected to evolve around the inte...

Science Works is recruiting a Research Associate based in London, United Kingdom, to investigate how philanthropy is allocated in science and how philanthropic funding is changing the organisation and financing of scientific research. The role focuses on the relationship between science philanthropy, research funding, and the structures through which science is organised. The successful researcher will contribute to work examining how philanthropic resources are distributed across science and wh...