Applications are invited for a temporary post of a Post-doctoral Research Fellow Level 1 or 2 within School of Geography.
RIDERLAB aims to build a novel participatory research program with Dublin's migrant delivery riders for a greater understanding of the issues at the intersection of labour, migration & health to increase public awareness of these issues, foster collective action, and improve public/occupational health for migrants and marginalized communities.
To combat the pressing occupational, environmental, and social hazards experienced by the delivery riders in the city, we have begun engaging with the riders to codesign RIDERLAB and document labour issues (precarity, exploitation, power, inequality), co-create a health monitoring program (e.g., through bike and body sensor program), codevelop participatory mapping methods to describe unsafe work locations and community assets, and identify paths for participatory democracy.
RIDERLAB is a 2-year research project with PI Jeremy Auerbach at the UCD School of Geography and funded by Research Ireland's Collaborative Alliances for Societal Challenges (COALESCE) scheme.
PD1 Salary Range: €46,305 - €52,863 Per Annum ; PD2 Salary Range: €54,307 - €59,063 Per Annum.
Appointment on the above range will be dependent upon qualifications and experience.
Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on 15/01/2026.
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified.
Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.
UCD are unable to accept late applications.
UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies.
Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
The PD1 position is intended for early stage researchers, either just after completion of a Ph D or for someone entering a new area for the first time.
If you have already completed your PD1 stage in UCD or will soon complete a PD1, or you are an external applicant whose total Postdoctoral experience, inclusive of the duration of the advertised post, would exceed 4 years, you should not apply and should refer to PD2 posts instead.
The PD2 post is intended for researchers that have completed PD1.
As with the PD1, if you have already completed your PD2 stage in UCD or will soon complete a PD2, or your total Postdoctoral experience, inclusive of the duration of the advertised post, would exceed 6 years, you should not apply and should refer to Research Fellow posts instead.
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