Research Fellow in Reparative Studies of Education

This is an exciting opportunity for two postdoctoral researchers to join a
collaborative research project which examines reparations and reparative
justice in school education. The project is funded by the UKRI Frontier
Research grant, _Reparative Futures of Education (REPAIR-ED)_ , and is led by
Professor Arathi Sriprakash. The project involves collaborating with primary
school-communities in the city of Bristol to design and conduct in-depth
ethnographic and oral-history research on the features and mechanisms of
structural inequities in education.





The post-holders will be responsible for establishing and facilitating ethical
research relationships with participants and stakeholders (schools, students,
parents, civil society organisations, policy actors, etc.). They will lead on
research design and data collection in collaboration with school-communities
and will develop and use shared data management and data analysis approaches
for both primary and secondary data (ethnographic observations, interviews,
oral histories, archival research, literature analysis, publicly available
quantitative data). Successful candidates will design and facilitate workshops
with stakeholders (primary schools, their communities, policy-actors, and the
broader public) to collectively examine educational injustices and
possibilities for reparative redress.





The successful candidates will hold or be near completion of a relevant
PhD/DPhil. They would have a strong interest in issues of social justice in
education. Strong expertise is required in at least one of the following
disciplines in relation to education (especially school-level education):
sociology, history, political science, human geography, anthropology. The
project is particularly looking for candidates with experience in one or more
of the following methodological areas: ethnographic research; participatory
methodologies; community-based research and facilitation; oral history;
participatory and/or digital archival methods.





The post-holders will be part of the Department of Education and will be able
to participate in the vibrant academic life of the University of Oxford. The
research involves spending extensive time in Bristol, allowing post-holders to
be located there if preferred. The project will therefore support flexible
working arrangements between Bristol and Oxford in negotiation with the
successful applicants.





This post is offered on a full-time basis for a fixed term of four years. Due
to the requirements of the role a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring
Service check is required.



Applications for this vacancy should be made online and you will be required
to upload a CV and supporting statement as part of your application,
explaining how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for this post.
You are also required to upload a writing sample (sole-authored work, whether
published or unpublished, such as a chapter from your dissertation or peer-
reviewed journal article). Informal inquiries about the role can be directed
to Arathi Sriprakash through hr@education.ox.ac.uk.





**For further details of the role, please see the job description. The closing
date for applications is midday on 24 October 2023 and only applications
received by this deadline will be considered. Interviews will be held in early
November 2023.**