About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. We are ranked in the world’s top 350 HEIs in the 2021 Times Higher Education World University Rankings and in the top ten mainstream universities in the country for the proportion of UK undergraduates in employment 15 months after graduating. We have campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford, London and Peterborough with around 2,500 staff and 35,000 students from 180 countries. With a focused civic mission, we are committed to working with others through education, research and knowledge exchange to enhance the economic, cultural and social well-being of the communities in which we work and live.
About the Role:
The Faculty of Business and Law is formed of two Schools, the School of Economics, Finance and Law, and the School of Management. We are seeking a full-time Research Fellow for a 2 year FTC to join the Centre for Access to Justice & Inclusion (CAJI) in the School of Economics, Finance and Law to support the activities of the Centre including its project work and research in Access to Justice, Law & Technology. CAJI engages in research, dialogue, and policy initiatives to promote the important values of access to justice and inclusion.
The centre brings together researchers from across three research clusters at ARU Law School 1. Law and Society,2. Digital Economy and Arbitration Law and 3. Criminal Justice – to address current issues and challenges in this field applying their professional expertise to dispute resolution, access to justice, equality, migration and social rights, criminal justice, digital economy and technology change. We examine and theorize the nature of these relationships within society and examine how these relationships are being shaped and re-shaped by new technology.
With a Degree plus PhD or near completion in Law or Criminology, or other post-graduate research qualification (e.g., MRes, MPhil), ideally, you will have a passion for technology and a keen interest in being interdisciplinary, with the ability to critically engage with a wide range of literature as well as policy. You can think innovatively and work independently with limited supervision. You will be IT literate with a sound knowledge of Microsoft Office and have good interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Ana Keglevic Steffek, Senior Lecturer, at [email protected].
