Job title Research Associate EyCon, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Communication and Media
Job reference REQ220232
Date posted 24/02/2022
Application closing date 20/03/2022
Location Loughborough
Specialist and Supporting Academic Research grade 6 from £31406
Research Associate: EyCon (Visual AI and Early Conflict Photography)
Part-time (FTE0.65 (24.05 hours per week) and fixed term from 1st May 2022 – 31st July 2023.
The School of Social Sciences and Humanities is seeking to appoint a Research Associate to contribute to the EyCon (Visual AI and Early Conflict Photography) Project led by Dr Lise Jaillant. EyCon is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in the UK and LABEX in France.
The post holder will play a key part in the project, which aims to increase the discoverability and usability of overlooked and scattered material on colonial, imperial and international armed conflicts up to 1918.
The successful candidate will undertake data collection and curation; contribute to the development of a pipeline to enrich metadata automatically; manage communications with the project’s stakeholders; and contribute to the organisation and delivery of project events. They will need substantial knowledge in an area relevant to the project focus.
Informal enquiries should be made by email to Dr Lise Jaillant, Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities at Loughborough University: l.jaillant@lboro.ac.uk
Closing date for receipt of applications: 20th March 2022
Interviews will be held during the week of 28th March 2022.
Loughborough University is committed to achieving equality and valuing diversity in all aspects of employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
