Research Theme Fellowships, Western Sydney University, Australia (2017)

Western Sydney University seeks to be internationally recognised as a vibrant research-led University with regional, national and global impact. If you are seeking a rewarding research career, then Western can make it happen. Western Sydney University is calling for applications for Research Theme Fellows. As a Research Theme Fellow you will strengthen the University’s national and international profile through collaborative, problem-focussed research aligned to Western’s research themes.

Western Sydney University is looking for innovative, collaborative, solution-focussed researchers to work with leading academics across its research themes. Our themes cover the fields of education, environmental sustainability, health and urban living. In the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Development and the Institute for Culture and Society we have multidisciplinary research concentrations among the strongest in the world. Your role as a research theme fellow will be to connect Western’s research strengths with key issues within your theme and expertise, using those connections to make lasting change.

As a Research Theme Fellow you will have the opportunity to create a lasting platform of stakeholder engaged research and accelerate your research career. The successful applicants are expected to be developing a strong international standing and research reputation, an excellent research background with industry and community links, the potential to win competitive research income, and an excellent publication record.

Fellows will be expected to commence appointment by mid-2017 and will undertake their research in Institutes, Schools or Centres as appropriate for a period of up to four years with a maximum 30% teaching load.

Further details:
http://www.researchgate.net