School of Geography and the Environment
Transport Studies Unit (TSU)

Title of post: Research Assistant (TSU)

Grade 7 £27,466 - £33,780 pa (or Grade 6 £24,403-£29,138pa for less experienced candidates)

The Transport Studies Unit at the University of Oxford is a major partner in a new multi-institutional study to evaluate the impacts of a £150 million project designed to revitalise walking and cycling across the UK. One of the research projects the TSU is involved in is the "Visions of the role of walking and cycling in 2030" which seeks to examine ways in which more people might be encouraged to walk and cycle in the future.

This is a 3-year post introduced to carry out the above research in line with the research tasks for which the TSU is responsible. The research will rely on qualitative and quantitative analysis, expert workshops to develop visions of alternative futures, and the use of visualisation software to help users understand how futures might appear. The research work will be supervised by

the TSU director and a senior researcher.

The successful candidate will require an academic degree (B.A. or Masters) in a social science subject (e.g. geography, planning, economics, public policy, environmental science); knowledge of and experience in working with a range of qualitative and quantitative research methods; ability to carry out interviews and prepare questionnaires for analysis, and the use of statistical packages. ÊKnowledge of and experience in working with visualisation software and some knowledge of scenario building and visioning of futures are also required.

For further information please see our website on http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/jobs/ or contact the HR Office on Tel. 01865 285079. ÊInformal enquiries should be made to Dr Moshe Givoni via email moshe.givoni@ouce.ox.ac.uk or phone 01865 285068. ÊClosing date is noon on
12 September 2008. ÊInterviews will be held in the beginning of October
2008
with a view to the post commencing 1 November 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.