Job Description
Grade UE07: £41,064- 48,822 per annum, pro rata for part time
CAHSS / Business School
Full time: 7 hours per week
Fixed-Term: for one year, from 1 November 2025
The Postdoctoral Research Fellow appointed to this fixed-term (one year), part-time (0.2 FTE, 7 hours per week) position will support a project focused on examining the impact of the Research Council-funded Industrial Centre for Doctoral Training for Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE) on the development of human, intellectual/technological, economic and social capital, and its role in supporting the emergence and growth of the Offshore and Renewable Energy sector within both the UK and more broadly in Europe.
The appointee will work with Professors Sarah Cooper and Raluca Bunduchi from the School’s Entrepreneurship and Innovation Group, and with colleagues involved in running the Doctoral Training Centre in the School of Engineering. The Research Fellow will be involved in conducting the literature review, developing the theoretical framing for the project, writing up of findings, and in the dissemination of the findings through conferences and publications for an academic and an industry/policy audience. The Fellow is expected to take a leading role in undertaking data collection and data analysis activities, including conducting a survey, accessing and conducting the interviews with the Doctoral Training Centre alumni and other industry stakeholders, and performing the thematic coding and analysis of the interview data using NVivo.
Your Skills And Attributes For Success
- PhD in Enterprise and Business Development or Entrepreneurship, or have completed viva examination for doctoral research in these fields.
- Strong understanding of issues affecting the development and growth of technology-intensive enterprises in emerging sectors and/or markets.
- Proven skills in the collection and coding of qualitative data, primarily interview data, and the analysis of sizeable qualitative datasets.
- Experience of working with NVivo to handle complex datasets.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, and experience of engaging with both academic and industry/policy audiences.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively within a team.
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Application Information
Please ensure you include the following documents in your application:
- CV
- Cover letter explaining how your education, knowledge and experience align with the requirements for the position
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK for the duration of the one-year contract because the successful candidate cannot be sponsored by the University for visa purposes. Further information is available on our
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The University is unable to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. International applicants will therefore be unable to apply for and secure a Skilled Worker visa. They will only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.
Key dates to note
The closing date for applications is
15 September 2025.
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Interviews will be held
during the week of 29 September 2025.
About Us
As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.
About The Team
The aim of University of Edinburgh Business School is to be a world-class Business School within a world-class University. We are distinctive, fostering a unique coaching culture, where all students have access to coaching and much of this is facilitated by peer support leaders from the student cohorts. The Business School is focused on sustainability, aiming to anchor the UN Sustainable Development goals into our strategic planning and developing our activities in line with the University’s target to be carbon-neutral by 2040. Furthermore we are actively participating in data-driven innovation which envisages Edinburgh becoming the Data Capital of Europe.
Based in the heart of Edinburgh, staff at the Business School are immersed in the vibrant life of the city. The Business School has excellent transport links including buses and a location that is only a 20 minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station. In the summer we find ourselves with easy access to the Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. For a breath of fresh air all year round, green spaces such as George Square and the Meadows are right outside our front door.
The culture of the Business School is people orientated and diverse; we have a strong Equality and Diversity committee made up of both academic and professional services staff and we are committed to the principles of Athena SWAN https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/equality-charters/athena-swan-charter . We also support staff in a hybrid working environment and offer the possibility for most roles to work in a combination of on-campus and at-home working where suits both them and the organisation.
Academically, we are an interdisciplinary School with particular strengths in management science, leadership organisations and society, interdisciplinary accounting, corporate finance, climate change and sustainability, and entrepreneurship. The School is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the EFMD Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) and the Association of MBAs (AMBA). This triple accreditation highlights the quality of teaching and excellence of research at the School.
Detailed information can be found at the School website at www.business-school.ed.ac.uk
