Opportunity alert – Landscape and Wellbeing Research Associate

Applications are invited for a Research Associate in the field of Landscape and Wellbeing. The post will be based in the OPENspace Research Centre, within the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA), in collaboration with colleagues in the Centre for Research on Environment, Society and Health (CRESH) in the School of GeoSciences, and the School of Health in Social Sciences.

The closing date for applications is 11th March 2024. For more information and to apply, please click here.

Job Description

Salary: £37,099 – £44,263, Grade UE07, per annum (A revised salary range for this grade of £39,347 – £46,974 pa is planned to take effect from Spring 2024)

 Location: The University of Edinburgh

Fixed Term until 30 September 2026

The successful post-holder will work across two interdisciplinary research projects:

  • GroundsWell, a UK Prevention Research Partnership-funded consortium that applies systems science theory to maximise the contribution of Urban Green and Blue Space to the primary prevention of, and reduction of inequalities in, non-communicable diseases in urban settings; and
  • WIAT2, an ESRC-funded study using secondary data to examine whether a programme of physical and social interventions in urban forests enhances community health and wellbeing.