School of Animal, Rural & Environmental Sciences

The role is based at the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences at Brackenhurst campus. A rural, peaceful hub on the outskirts of the market town of Southwell, Nottinghamshire. The school is home to further education, undergraduate and postgraduate students with a friendly and environmental outlook. There is also a bustling research community including staff, PhD candidates and post doctoral researchers. With this position, there will be the opportunity for hybrid working practices whereby you may choose to work from home or on campus on certain 'office' days. However, it is worth bearing in mind that a large proportion of the workload for this position across the three years (approx. 20 months), will require you to be at zoos based within a 1 hour radius of the Brackenhurst campus to carry out data priming and data collection.

The principal purpose of this Post Doc position will be to support the research team in exploring human emotion recognition and affect transfer in non-domesticated, zoo-housed meerkats (Suricata suricatta) as part of a Leverhulme Project Grant. 

 

About the Role

This project uses a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate the mechanisms around human emotion recognition and affect transfer in zoo-housed meerkats. This project will be of interest for those working in psychology, biology, evolutionary theory, social communication and captive animal management fields as the ramifications from this will contribute to questions currently being asked in human-animal interaction research within each of these fields. Additionally, with increasing research into the impacts of human-animal interactions across farm, domestic, laboratory and zoo animal disciplines, understanding the fundamental principles underlying these interactions are now vital to fully appreciate the implications they may have.

This research will help us better understand the mechanisms of human-animal interactions, with implications for our evolutionary understanding of animal minds and for the successful management of zoo animals regarding the context and quality of human-animal interactions they encounter daily.

 

Interview Date: Wednesday 6th September 2023

Please download the Job Description and Person Specification.

The application for this role requires a cover letter outlining how you meet the essential criteria outlined and submission of your CV.

If you have any queries about this role, please contact the PI, Dr Samantha Ward: samantha.ward@ntu.ac.uk

 

About NTU

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.

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Please note that this role is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and successful applicants will be asked to declare any unspent criminal convictions.

 

 

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