New PDRA position available in Archaeology - Interdisciplinary Research Associate
Published: 6 November 2024
Closing date 21 November 2024
We have an exciting opportunity for a Research Associate to make a leading contribution to the UKRI-funded Land Use for Net Zero project Rapid Engagement with Stressed Peatland Environments and Communities in Transformation “RESPECT” (PI – Prof Jill Robbie), Work Package 1: Peatland Through Space and Time. You would be part of a team of PDRAs, based mainly at the University of Glasgow. The position is based in Glasgow, working with Prof Nicki Whitehouse (Co-I) and Dr Adrian Bass (Co-I).
Our project aims to produce new thinking and transdisciplinary research outputs to facilitate landholders to undertake peatland restoration on agricultural land and reduce carbon emissions through land use change. This post will work to establish the current and future physical capacity of land in the case study regions (the Forth and Humber catchments) to contribute to net zero and prioritise areas for peatland restoration. The position will carry out data collection and analyses in both case study regions. These will include analyses of new and existing LiDAR, geoarchaeological, archaeological and palaeoecological data to develop a landscape model of Quaternary evolution and chronology, alongside targeted landscape geoarchaeological analysis of key catchment locations for radiocarbon and stratigraphic analysis. Existing palaeoecological (pollen) data sets will be used to develop modelled land cover map(s) of the targeted regions over time using the Multiple Scenarios Approach (MSA), underpinned by the Quaternary landscape evolution model, to inform future land cover management practices and decision making. Working with other researchers in the Work Package, you will map the distribution, depth, condition, and age of peatlands over time and space and identify areas where peatland restoration may be best facilitated based on present and past conditions and distributions, alongside identifying areas where the associated historic environment record may be vulnerable to projected climate change and future land-use management.
The post also involves co-working across multiple disciplines including law & policy, social and physical sciences. The successful candidate will also be expected to contribute to the formulation and submission of research publications and research proposals as well as help manage and direct this complex and challenging project as opportunities allow.
This post is full time and fixed term until 31 July 2027 (with a possibility of further extension of 5 months).
Please contact Prof Nicki Whitehouse (Nicki.Whitehouse@glasgow.ac.uk) for further information on this project and position.
Closing date : 21 November 2024
First published: 6 November 2024
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