Research Assistant

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Goldsmiths is a world-renowned university that has a reputation for rigorous and innovative academic work; creativity has long been our hallmark. Academic excellence and imaginative course content combine to make a place where creative minds can thrive.

About the School

The School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies is one of the longest established schools for teaching and researching media in the world. Housed in the award-winning Professor Stuart Hall Building, it has an internationally outstanding reputation for creative and radical thinking and practice. We are committed to a vibrant teaching and research programme that combines theory and practice with interdisciplinary engagement with the latest developments in media, communications and cultural studies. The School is currently ranked 12th in the world (and 2nd in the UK) for communication and media studies (QS World Rankings by subject 2022) and second in the UK for research assessed as 3* and 4* - with 96% of our research evaluated as 'world leading or internationally excellent' in the latest Research Excellence Framework (2021).

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Assistant to join the School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, on the Leverhulme Fellowship ‘Managing Expectations: Reassessing the Promise of Consent’. A description of the project can be found on Goldsmiths Research Online. The role represents an outstanding opportunity to contribute to cutting edge research on the cultural context of consent and to deepen our understanding of the critical role of consent as a cultural concept. The successful candidate will work across different disciplinary, discursive, institutional and affective registers, to develop research pathways, cultural resources, and case study material for the project.   

About the Candidate

You will have a keen interest in the subject areas reflected in the project ‘Managing Expectations: Reassessing the Promise of Consent’ and this interest will be reflected in a track record of research experience. You will be working towards a PhD in Cultural Studies, Media Studies, Gender Studies, or in a critical field in a related social science or humanity. You will have academic skills, knowledge and experience relevant to the main duties required by the role. Your contribution to the project will benefit your own development as an emerging scholar.

Benefits

We have generous benefits – an agile working environment, 28 days’ annual leave plus 6 paid closure days (4 at Christmas and 2 at Easter) plus all Bank Holidays, great transport links, a defined benefit pension scheme, support for professional development and a broad range of well-being initiatives such as staff choir, running club and creative writing classes. 

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