| Position | Research Fellow in Law - Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Posted | 02 Jul 2026 |
| Expired | 01 Aug 2026 |
| Company | Northumbria University Newcastle |
| Location | Newcastle upon Tyne | GB |
| Job Type | Full Time |
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ABOUT THE ROLE
This is an intellectually stimulating role involving a range of operational, analytical and creative tasks for a project that will conduct the first substantial research study in the UK on Jury Decision-Making in Domestic Abuse Trials Involving Coercive Control. The project, funded by the ESRC, involves activity across four work packages: coercive control as an offence, domestic abuse-related suicide and unlawful act manslaughter, coerced offending under duress, and coercive control as an aspect of self-defence or loss of control in homicide cases. As the postdoctoral research assistant on the project, you will play a central and active role across all work packages, and will have co-leadership with the project lead, Professor Vanessa Bettinson, in analysing and writing up the findings for the first work package in particular.
Duties and responsibilities will include:
Please note this role is fixed term for 2-years, from September 2026 until August 2028.
ABOUT THE TEAM
This research project is being delivered within the School of Law at Northumbria, where there is a range of expertise in gender-based scholarship. Prof Bettinson is co-convenor of the Centre for Evidence and Criminal Justice, and a management team member of the Universitys Gendered Violence and Abuse Interdisciplinary Research Theme (IDRT) with over 80 academics and PhD students from law, psychology, criminology, nursing, geography, business, design and beyond. This IDRT specialises in domestic abuse, coercive control and innovative research design. You will be embedded within both the Law School and the IDRT, contributing to collaborative, world-leading gender-based violence research.
This project is co-led by Professor Vanessa Munro, based at the University of Warwick and Prof Mandy Burton at Loughborough University. As a member of the research team you will benefit from the mentorship of the lead and the mentoring and coaching of the co-leads, who between them have extensive experience in jury research, domestic abuse and coercive control in the legal system.
ABOUT YOU
We are looking for an ambitious early-career researcher to join the project. Applicants should hold a PhD (awarded, submitted, or completed prior to project start date)in Psychology, Socio-Legal Scholarship, Sociology, Criminology, Gender Studies or a closely related discipline.
Essential attributes include:
Desirable attributes include:
Further information about the requirements of the role is available in the person specification.
If you would like an informal discussion about the role, please contact .
To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply Now'. Your application should include a covering letter (maximum one page), a CV (maximum 2 pages including publication list) and a draft of your academic writing (e.g. from PhD thesis or academic publication).
ABOUT US
Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education'sUniversity of the Yearin 2022 andModern University of the Yearin 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power.Discover moreabout us.
With over 37,000 students from 140+ countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement andmore.
Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behavioursshape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holdingnumerousawards for gender and race equality, disability confidence, and research excellence.We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of theEuraxessinitiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.
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