We’re hiring! New job opportunities at The Platform

The Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities is pleased to announce that we have opened recruitment for the following roles:

Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Moving Bodies Lab

Fixed term: 36 months, full-time

Applications close: 22 April 2015

The IMH and Durham University’s Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences are seeking a talented researcher and scholar for a three-year postdoctoral research associate role within the Moving Bodies Lab. Activities within the Lab explore the experiences and politics of bodily movement across a range of relationships, spaces and contexts to advance interdisciplinary methods, theories, and approaches for researching moving bodies. We particularly welcome applications for this position from those working within the social sciences, with research interests in the broad field of physical activity and health. 

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3 x Bridging Fellowships

Fixed term: 12 months, full-time

Applications close: 25 April 2025

We are looking for three recently completed PhD graduates with research interests in the broad field of medical humanities for the role of Bridging Fellow. Applications are particularly encouraged from candidates with expertise in race and health, neurodiversity and lived experience research. All Bridging Fellows will be based in one of the Platform’s six methods Labs, appointed to the IMH and a suitable academic department within the University. 

Bridging Fellowships provide an intensive career development opportunity for recently completed PhD graduates to publish findings from their doctoral research, expand their skills and networks, and prepare their next major research projects. They are intended to constitute a bridge between doctoral research and future careers.

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2 x Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual and Material Medical Humanities

Fixed term: 36 months, full-time

Applications close: 28 April 2025

We are currently seeking applications for two Postdoctoral Research Associates in Visual and Material Medical Humanities. The post holder will be responsible for a) designing and conducting an original programme of individual research that aligns with the aims and objectives of the Visual and Material Lab and b) working with the Lab leader and other members of the Lab team to devise and deliver activities and outputs that extend the profile of visual and material methods in relation to medical humanities research. The successful candidates will be appointed to the IMH and a suitable academic department within the University (e.g. the School of Modern Languages and Cultures, the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities; or the Departments of Archaeology, Anthropology or Sociology in the Faculty of Social Science). 

We welcome applications from researchers in a range of disciplines, including, but not limited to art and creative practice-based research; art history and visual and material culture; film and media studies; visual and material history; visual anthropology and other social science disciplines with a focus on visual and material media and methods. We would be particularly interested in hearing from applicants working on race and/or neurodiversity, and applicants whose research engages contexts beyond English-speaking cultures and/or the global North. 

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All current vacancies can be found on our Discovery Research Platform job opportunities page.