Postdoc Opportunities in Economics in United Kingdom

The University of Leeds is inviting applications for a 20-month Postdoctoral Fellowship in Adult Social Care Research, based at the Leeds Main Campus in the United Kingdom. The fellowship is designed for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher who wants to develop into an independent adult social care researcher. The successful Fellow will develop and deliver an original programme of research within the School of Healthcare, hosted by Nurturing Innovation in Care Home Excellence in Leeds (NICHE-L...

The University of Nottingham’s Resilience Engineering Group is recruiting a Research Fellow/Research Associate in railway resilience modelling. The fixed-term appointment lasts for an initial period of 8 months and is based at University Park in the United Kingdom. The successful researcher will collaborate with an internationally recognised academic team on railway projects concerning resilience, risk and reliability, and obsolescence modelling. The work involves developing novel research metho...

The University of Nottingham’s Nottingham Transportation Engineering Centre (NTEC) is recruiting a full-time Research Associate/Fellow in sustainable pavement engineering at its University Park location in the United Kingdom. The successful candidate will work on innovative research concerning next-generation pavement materials and road infrastructure. Key activities include material flow analysis, life cycle assessment (LCA), life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA), and environmental, econo...

The Stone Centre at University College London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a one- to two-year position starting on 1 September 2027. The successful applicant will research the drivers of wealth concentration and the dimensions of inequality , examining how these factors shape political outcomes, representation, and voice. The role is particularly relevant to researchers in applied microeconomics, macroeconomics, and empirical methods. The fellow will also contribute to teachi...

The University of Exeter is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West (NIHR ARC South West). This two-year fellowship, available from January 2027, will be based in Exeter, United Kingdom, and will focus on community-based, person-centred care for adults living with multiple long-term conditions (MLTC). The successful fellow will develop and lead a research project to create a Model of Care that could be implemented through Neighbourhood Tea...

University of Exeter is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate or Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the NERC-funded project Next-generation modelling of future hazards in dynamic foreland rivers . The full-time, fixed-term role is based in Exeter, United Kingdom, and runs from 1 April 2027 to 30 September 2028. The project will develop and apply new approaches to predict and understand hydro-geomorphic hazards during floods and their societal impacts on floodplain populations downstream of ...

The University of Greenwich is recruiting a Research Fellow in Indigenous Peoples’ Data Governance , based at the Medway Campus within the Natural Resources Institute (NRI), Faculty of Engineering and Science. The post is part of IP-STATS, a five-year ERC-funded project advancing epistemically diverse quantitative research on Indigenous Peoples’ food systems. The successful researcher will work in the Livelihoods and Institutions Department alongside an interdisciplinary and intercultural team, ...

Research Fellow (Postdoctoral) in Sustainable Manufacturing of Functional Ceramics at the University of Birmingham , School of Metallurgy and Materials, is open in the United Kingdom. This fixed-term postdoctoral research role is part of the SuMaCer project: Sustainable Manufacturing of Functional Ceramics for Europe’s Net-Zero Industry Energy Devices , funded by the European Commission’s Horizon Europe programme. The successful candidate will contribute to research on the sustainability assessm...

Durham University’s Department of Engineering is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in onboard carbon capture and storage within the UK Clean Maritime Research Hub , with financial support from the Department for Transport and EPSRC . The role is based in the Energy Systems Group led by Professor Tony Roskilly and focuses on policy-driven research on the life cycle greenhouse gas intensity of marine fuels. The project is a strong fit for researchers interested in onboard carbon capture...