CircularMetal Research Fellow
College / Directorate: College of Engineering, Design & Physical Sciences
Department: Brunel Design School
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time
Salary (R1): £33,797 - £40,322 per annum plus £2,166 per annum London Weighting
Full-time, fixed term for 2 years (project ends December 2022)
The Research Fellow will be the primary researcher on the WP3.1 and WP3.2 of CircularMetal, a new national research centre aimed at helping the UK become the first country to fully recycle and reuse its metals. The £4.5m centre will be dedicated to exploring how the application of curcular economy to the metal sector can benefit the environment and the British economy, and will aim to develop an understanding of how the country can best shift towards a carbon-neutral, circular economy by 2050. The Centre for Circular Metals is one of five such centres being launched by UK Research and Innovation's (UKRI) Interdisciplinary Circular Economy programme.
CircularMetal is led by Brunel University London – BCAST, while WP3 is led by the Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of Warwick) in collaboration with the Brunel Design School (Brunel University London).
The overall aim of WP3.1 (Circular buiness model innovation) and WP3.2 (Circular supply chain design) is to identify and develop circular business models and supply chains to enable full metal circulation. In this regard, the Research Fellow will focus on meeting the following objectives:
- Adopt co-design approaches to develop (with project partnners and stakeholders) future scenarios and roadmaps of how Circular Business Models can enable a full metal circulation in the UK by 2050;
- Develop Circular Business Models archetypes for the metals industry;
- Develop, test and refine novel Circular Business Models design frameworks and tools for the metals industry;
- Develop novel Circular Supply Chain design principles with supporting operational processes to facilitate the development of Circular Business Models archetypes;
- Publish research outcomes and present them in conferences;
- Contribute to the writing of research proposals linked to the CircularMetal programme.
If you have any questions regarding the post, please contact Dr Fabrizio Ceschin on: fabrizio.ceschin@brunel.ac.uk.
The closing date for this opportunity is 27 January 2021.