We’re looking for a Research Associate to join an EU funded project exploring societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media as we wrap it up in its final year. Further details are copied below. The application date is 4th July 2025.

If you or someone you know might be interested, please email Liliana and myself for further details on how to apply.

We are looking for a Research Associate (RA) to join the team of the Horizon 2020 project SUPERB (Systemic Solutions for Upscaling of Urgent Ecosystem Restoration for Forest-related Biodiversity and Ecosystem services). The RA will work on the social study of societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media. The work will be informed by one or more of the following: science and technology studies, social studies of science, Internet studies, new media studies, environmental humanities, environmental studies, (digital) sociology, platform studies, software studies, digital methods, creative methods, and participatory design research.

The RA will work as part of the KCL team of the SUPERB project. SUPERB is a large-scale research collaboration between 36 partner organisations across 17 European countries. The aim of this research project is to develop and implement solutions for forest ecosystem restoration across Europe in the service of supporting biodiversity and climate mitigation goals, in alignment with the European Green Deal and the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030. The position provides an exceptional chance to work with an interdisciplinary and cross-institutional team of leading experts on tackling a pressing societal problem.