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Research Associate - Statistician

£33k - £37.69k per annum

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Linguistics and English Language
Location: Bailrigg, Lancaster, UK
Salary: £33,002 to £37,694 (Full time, indefinite with end date)
Closing Date: Sunday 07 June 2026
Interview Date: To be confirmed
Reference: 0333-26

We are looking to appoint a highly motivated and resilient individual with excellent communication skills, the capacity to work collaboratively as part of a team and the ability to solve problems creatively to join us as a Research Associate (RA) - Statistician within the group of Dr Isobelle Clarke in the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science in Linguistics and English Language.

This position is funded by the UKRI Future Leader’s Fellowship scheme. The successful applicant will join a team of researchers based at Lancaster University working on the project ’A Multi-Dimensional Understanding of the Digital Far Right’.

The project has three core aims:

  1. To systematically identify how far right groups vary (what linguistic features and repertoires they share and how the most high risk content compares).
  2. To develop an innovative methodology to allow for (1).
  3. To provide training of (1) and (2) to law enforcement.

The applicant should hold an MSc (or BSc with 1 st class honours) in statistics or a relevant field, have a background in multivariate statistical techniques, clustering techniques, sparse data and zero-inflation techniques and a critical academic interest in far right discourse.

This is a fixed term position at 1.0 FTE for a period of 12 months.

Lancaster University is highly ranked and research-led and situated near the historic city of Lancaster. The North West of England offers high standards of living, beautiful countryside, including the Lake District, and excellent national and international transport connectivity. See Jobs - Lancaster University .

For informal enquiries, please contact Dr Isobelle Clarke, Lecturer in Security and Protection Science; UKRI Future Leaders Fellow i.clarke @lancaster.ac.uk

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Find out what it’s like to work at Lancaster University , including information on our wide range of employee benefits, support networks and our policies and facilities for a family-friendly workplace.

The University recognises and celebrates good employment practice undertaken to address all inequality in higher education whilst promoting the importance and wellbeing for all our colleagues.

We warmly welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of their age, religion, gender identity or expression, race, disability or sexual orientation, and are committed to promoting diversity, and equality of opportunity.

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