UCL lecturers
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Summary
Two full time Lecturers required at the UCL's Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction.
The appointments will be based in the new Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, whose aim is to provide a focus for UCL's risk and disaster reduction (RDR) activities, which span earth and space science, mathematics and statistics, engineering and development planning, population health, anthropology, ethics and laws.
Duties and responsibilities
The post-holders will pursue research of international quality that enhances, complements and/or extends current activity in the UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction. This includes the pursuit of the post-holders’ own research, the raising of research, post-doctoral and postgraduate funding, and the management of post-doctoral research assistants and postgraduate research students. The post-holders will disseminate results through publication in high-profile refereed journals. The post-holders should aim to maximise the impact of their research and transfer of knowledge and engage with policy makers and practioners, in particular taking advantage of London’s unique position as a global hub in finance, health, consulting engineering and humanitarian assistance. Post-holders would be expected to assume leadership roles in the IRDR.
Appointments will be at lecturer level and made to the following research foci:
- hydrometeorological disasters (i.e., windstorms, floods and droughts)
- geological disasters (i.e., earthquakes, volcanoes and related hazards) and linking the two
- disaster risk reduction (population health impacts, infection control, and social reconstruction), but successful candidates should be able to contribute to a multi-hazard approach.
Key requirements
- Applicants will have a PhD in a relevant discipline with backgrounds in earth and space sciences, mathematics and statistics, or engineering and the built environment.
- Candidates must be highly motivated, with interdisciplinary and international experience and are likely to have held prestigious research fellowships, or have a track record in winning research council funding, and have successful publications in high-impact journals.
- Successful candidates would be expected to assume leadership roles in the IRDR and work with international partners to achieve research impact.