Edinburgh Futures Institute Visiting Fellowship Programme 2025/2026 – YOA

Deadline: January 23, 2025

Applications are open for the Edinburgh Futures Institute Visiting Fellowship Programme 2025/2026. In this dynamic educational surroundings, guests will have the ability to work together with different fellows, researchers affiliated with the Futures Institute, their companions from the enterprise and third sector, and college students. Fellows will have the ability to take part in seminars and occasions programmes, and have the ability to entry coaching programs, making for a extremely enriching expertise.

At the Edinburgh Futures Institute they problem, create, and make change occur. They are centered on tackling immediately’s more and more advanced points by bringing folks and disciplines collectively to spark the sudden and make higher futures doable.

They catalyse collaborative, information-pushed and interdisciplinary analysis innovation throughout the University of Edinburgh and 6 key analysis areas: 

• Creative Industries & Digital Humanities 
• Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence 
• Financial Services & Fintech  
• Future Infrastructure   
• Public Sector: prevention, information civics, participatory democracy, governance  
• Tourism & Festivals 

Benefits

• Visits are anticipated to final 3-6 months and should happen inside an educational semester. Successful candidates will probably be anticipated to make a contribution to the native analysis neighborhood, by visitor lectures or seminars, collaborating on grant proposals, or contributing to instructing. If profitable, you’ll obtain as much as £1,500.00 per thirty days of go to in direction of relocation prices, plus reimbursement of journey and visa prices (if required). Additional help could be supplied to profitable candidates from LMI nations. 

Eligibility

Applicants ought to maintain an open-ended place inside an educational establishment on the time of their deliberate go to (although related profession expertise and equal skilled {qualifications} will even be taken under consideration). They have to be based mostly outdoors of the University of Edinburgh. They notably encourage purposes from these based mostly in LMICs (low- and center-earnings nations), or different candidates who characterize minorities not at present effectively-represented within the Futures Institute.

They are searching for these: 

• Who are at present engaged on tasks and concepts that relate their key analysis areas;  
• Have experience or have beforehand led tasks associated to their analysis areas, the place a go to to the Futures Institute would result in development of the work; 
• Are planning to develop an thought for a grant proposal, the place a go to to the Futures Institute would profit the event of this proposal.

Assessment Criteria

Applications will probably be assessed utilizing the next standards: 

• Demonstrable analysis & engagement management in present/earlier tasks (commensurate with profession stage).
• Existing analysis hyperlinks with educational sponsors and the broader the Edinburgh ecosystem.
• The analysis affect potential of the proposal, and its societal relevance.
• Plans to interact with and contribute to the Futures Institute and the broader educational neighborhood in Edinburgh.

Application

The deadline is midnight (GMT) 23 January 2025, and profitable candidates will probably be knowledgeable by the top of February.

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For extra info, go to Edinburgh Futures Institute Visiting Fellowship.