Good afternoon all, excited to announce an opportunity for a research fellowship looking at the public acceptance of shale gas here at SPRU, details below. Feel free to circulate further.
** https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/research-fellow-in-public-acceptance-of-shale-gas Research Fellow in Public Acceptance in Shale Gas (Fixed Term) Post Title: Research Fellow in Public Acceptance of Shale Gas School/department: University of Sussex Business School, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) Hours: Full time Contract: Fixed term for 24 months. Reference: 0019 Salary: starting at £33,199 and rising to £39,609 per annum Placed on: 5 October 2018 Closing date: 6 November 2018. Interview date: 14 November 2018 Expected start date: 1 January 2019 ________________________________ Job description The Science Policy Research Unit<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/index> (SPRU), within the University of Sussex Business School, conducts research, consultancy and postgraduate teaching in the area of science, technology, and innovation. SPRU comprises over 70 faculty and 40 doctoral students and is ranked third in the world and the highest in the UK in a global list of think tanks in science and technology. SPRU includes the Sussex Energy Group<http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/research/major/sussexenergygroup> (SEG), a leading social science research group in the area of energy and climate policy that focuses in particular on the transition to sustainable, low carbon energy systems. SPRU is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to investigate citizen acceptance of shale gas in the UK. This project will contribute to a wider programme of research on social acceptance of shale gas, as part of a three year grant from the National Energy Research Council (NERC). The deployment of fracking technologies to utilise shale gas resources has been controversial in the UK, and internationally. While some actors welcome utilising domestic shale gas resources as providing economic benefits, others see it as a novel and risky technology with the potential to adversely affect public health and the environment. The governance of shale development is also a source of conflict, with varying ideas about the role of publics in processes of decision-making. This contestation poses a key socio-political challenge for shale gas development in the UK. This project aims to improve understanding of the nature of this challenge through an integrated approach across three distinct but related objects of analysis: 1) public perceptions, 2) policy frames, and 3) processes of public engagement and participation. The successful candidate will focus on the first work package (public perceptions), while also interacting with researchers involved in the other two work packages. Specifically, the Research Fellow will help design and implement a cross-sectional survey twice, spaced one year apart, on public perceptions of shale gas in the UK. Data will be collected from representative samples of UK citizens, aiming for a sample size of around 1000. Survey questions will address respondent awareness, acceptance, and perceptions. Explanatory variables will include trust, place-identity, perceived fairness, and personal values. Data analysis will include overall descriptive statistics, as well as statistical comparisons by region and over time (comparing the first and second iteration of the survey). More advanced multivariate analyses will identify statistical associations between overall support and perceptions, values, environmental concern, demographics, and region (using techniques such as multiple regression and cluster analysis). Previous experience of working with surveys and conducting data analysis is required, while previous experience of working on public acceptance of energy is desirable. Informal enquiries should be made to Professor Benjamin Sovacool ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>). The University of Sussex values the diversity of its staff and students and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds. Download job description and person specification Ref 0019 [PDF 195.11KB]<https://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/documents/0019-fps.pdf> ________________________________ How to apply Download our academic post application form [DOC 301.50KB]<https://www.sussex.ac.uk/humanresources/documents/acadnw.doc> and personal details and equal opportunities form [DOC 162.50KB]<https://www.sussex.ac.uk/humanresources/documents/personal-data-equal-opps-form-may-2018.doc> and fill in all sections. 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