Earth Fellow: Social dimensions of environmental biotechnology
Earth Fellow: Social dimensions of environmental biotechnology
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Job Description
Grade UE07: 40497 to 48149 per annum pro rata
CSG / Edinburgh Earth Initiative Department for Social Responsibility and Sustainability
Part-time: 9 hours per week
Fixed-term: 9 months from September 2025
The School of Social and Political Science and School of Biological Sciences are looking for a PhD student to contribute to a project to analyse the social and political dimensions of engineering biology in environmental contexts. This 9-month project will focus on understanding the key claims being made by scientists and policymakers about the potential of biotechnology as well as the social and political science commentary on the topic.
This post will be appointed at Grade UE07 step 1 which is 40497 per annum pro rata (22.19 per hour).
Earth Fellowships are only open to current postgraduate and PhD students at the University of Edinburgh based in the UK. Please do not apply if you are not a current University of Edinburgh student.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Current University of Edinburgh PhD student in the 25/26 academic year.
- An interest in and familiarity with engineering biology.
- Experience with literature reviews of academic and grey literature.
- Ability to make sense of information stemming from a range of different disciplines such a biology environmental science and social and political science.
- Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information clearly both in writing and in oral presentations.
- Ability to work proactively with colleagues with a variety of expertise; understanding and valuing different points of view.
As an Earth Fellow you will be joining a diverse fun and dynamic team of researchers students and staff all working together to address the global climate emergency. As part of the Earth Fellows programme you will have access to co-working space exciting networking and personal development opportunities and opportunities to contribute towards partnerships and solutions for climate change on a global scale.
Earth Fellows work on individual and team-based projects which contribute to the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Earth Initiatives work on climate change research-led impact innovation engagement and teaching.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is 18th August 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Employment Type
Part-Time
