Job Opportunity - Research Fellow in Fashion Fictions, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

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Research Fellow in Fashion Fictions

Nottingham Trent University

Job Ref: 009020

Part time/fixed term contract

£33,797 to £38,017 pro rata, Grade H

Closing date: 19th July 2021

Website/apply via: https://vacancies.ntu.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=9204

Additional Information: This is a part-time fixed-term contract until 31st August 2022.

We are deeply proud of our academic community. Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a diverse and dynamic learning environment, defined by a shared sense of respect for all its people. Our mission is to be bold, to do the right things and to change lives, and our academics are key to realising those goals. Their work continues to reinforce our credentials as an award-winning university, and a research centre of excellence.

Our continued success — underpinned by the number of prestigious national awards we’ve won — has hinged on two commitments: forging excellent partnerships around the world and harnessing the talents of all our people. We secured a ‘Gold’ rating in the government’s Teaching Excellence Framework; received the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for our pioneering research; and in 2018, we were the first UK university to sign the Social Mobility Pledge, further demonstrating our commitment to ensuring ‘success for all’. NTU is a university at the peak of its powers, but we know we can still go even further. That’s why we’re now looking for new, passionate, ambitious people to join our community.

We are seeking a candidate to work as a postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Fashion Fictions project (fashionfictions.org), funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council and led by Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd, Associate Professor of Fashion and Sustainability in the School of Art & Design.

The project aims to influence and energise the emergent post-growth fashion movement by bringing people together to generate, experience and reflect on engaging fictional visions of sustainable fashion systems and sharing the project's stories, findings and participatory process for collective speculation with a wider community of specialists and laypeople.

The successful candidate will collaborate with the project lead on a range of research and engagement activities including planning, facilitating and analysing participatory workshops and projects and producing outputs including a conference paper, journal article and workshop guides.

You will have a PhD in Fashion and Sustainability or a related discipline. Expertise in qualitative research and analysis is essential, while knowledge and experience of participatory design, design anthropology, speculative design or fashion theory/history would be highly desirable.

Interview Date: TBC

If you have any queries about this role, please contact Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd, Associate Professor in Fashion and Sustainability: amy-twigger.holroyd@ntu.ac.uk

NTU prides itself on being an inclusive employer. We value and celebrate equality in opportunities, and we welcome applications from people who reflect the diversity of our communities.

This role is open to non-UK/Irish applicants subject to current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) rules. Please ensure that you have the appropriate right to work in the UK for this role and consult the Home Office website for further information.