Research Officer in Sustainable Mobility & Urban Design
Research Officer in Sustainable Mobility & Urban Design at the TU Dublin School of Architecture, Building and Environment
Download the Candidate Brief for this exciting opportunity: Research Officer in Sustainable Mobility and Urban Design
The School of Architecture, Building and Environment is seeking to appoint a Research Officer (position aligned to a Post-Doc Researcher for pay purposes) to continue and develop research activity on the “Covid Mobility Research Project”. This post is for a 12-month period and is co-funded by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) and the National Transport Authority.
The purpose of this post is to continue and extend research activity, as part of the “Covid Mobility Research Project” (the “research project”), on the independent monitoring and evaluation of active travel schemes. The appointee will join a unique, highly innovative and multidisciplinary team of established transport and land-use planning, transport engineering, urban design and public health academics within the Sustainable Mobility Research Group (SMRG).
SMRG have successfully completed “Phase 1A (Interim Findings) of the Evaluation and Review of the Phase 1 Covid-19 Mobility and Public Realm Works undertaken by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo)”; Phase 1B, and Phase 2A as part of the research project. A core purpose of the research project to-date has been to develop and appraise evaluative methodologies for deployment across active travel schemes by the local authority. The schemes are intended to promote universal mobility and increase the health of communities, both in terms of physical, social and mental well-being but also their economic viability and environmental sustainability.
The work will involve a mix of qualitative and quantitative research, including stakeholder engagement, socio-economic analysis, innovative methodology development, and analysis of primary and secondary datasets. In addition, outcomes and processes will be evaluated against national policies in the area of sustainable development and active mobility. It is envisaged the appointee will be involved in the presentation and dissemination of the evaluation outputs, including to partner organisations, project stakeholders and the public.
The appointee may also be assigned to the provision of planning and design advice and evaluation of additional and related projects, interventions and initiatives in line with the sponsor’s research objectives and the TU Dublin Environment & Planning Engaged Research Strategy.
The research will contribute to innovation in policy and practice which can benefit communities, industry and the environment. The research has potential also to lead to the production of peer-reviewed international journal articles in this burgeoning and climate-critical research field. The appointee will work closely with the Research Project Principal Investigator, Project Manager and the School Executive.
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a newly developing Research Group in Sustainable Mobility at TU Dublin and to continue and develop research activity on the “Covid Mobility Research Project”, co-funded by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) and the National Transport Authority.
This post is aligned to a Post-Doc Researcher for pay purposes. The post will be on a Fixed-term (maximum 12 months) Specified Purpose basis, subject to the terms of the provisions of the Technological Universities Act 2018.
How to Apply
A full Candidate Brief, including instructions on how to apply, can be downloaded at: Research Officer in Sustainable Mobility and Urban Design.
For further information about this post please contact David O’Connor, Head of Environment & Planning at the TU Dublin School of Architecture, Building and Environment (email: dave.oconnor@tudublin.ie; phone: +353-1-220-6523).
Interested parties should send a current Curriculum Vitae, accompanied by a 1-2 page covering letter setting out a statement of interest, by email to David O’Connor (email: dave.oconnor@tudublin.ie), by latest 5pm (Irish Standard Time) on 14th July 2023.