Location: Leeds, UK
Salary: A highly competitive EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship offering the award of fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant (currently £19,237 academic session 2024/25) for 3.5 years.
Deadline: 18 October 2024
Join the Ageing Intervention Development Lab (AID Lab) at the University of Leeds if you are passionate about creating an age-friendly construction industry. We are looking for a dedicated researcher to join our project, co-creating a construction work environment to meet the needs of an ageing workforce. Age friendly interventions will be inspired by emerging technologies, such as wearable tech. The outcome of this project will improve equity, social justice, and inclusivity for ageing persons within the construction industry.
Country eligibility: UK only
How to Apply
Formal applications for research degree study should be made online through the University of Leeds’ website (https://www.leeds.ac.uk/research-applying/doc/applying-research-degrees). Please state clearly in the research information section that the research degree you wish to be considered for is Co-creating construction work environment to meet the needs of an ageing workforce as well as Dr Alex Torku (https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/civil-engineering/staff/14443/dr-alex-torku) as your proposed supervisor.
Further information about the scholarship is provided at the University of Leeds’ website (https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2029-co-creating-construction-work-environment-to-meet-the-needs-of-an-ageing-workforce)
For further information please contact Dr Alex Torku by email to a.torku@leeds.ac.uk