Research Fellow Full-time

Research Fellow

We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to undertake research with Professor Jonas De Vos (PI for the UK) on the “Activating Children's and Youth's Active Travel in 15-minutes Cities (ACTIVATE)” project, funded by UKRI/Horizon Europe.

This is a fixed-term post for 24 months at 100% FTE, with a start date of September/October 2026. Interviews for this role are likely to take place in April.

Please see the attached detailed Job Description.

Educated to PhD (or equivalent) level in travel behaviour, transport policy and/or transport planning, the successful candidate will demonstrate knowledge of travel behaviour research, expertise in qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis, experience in writing academic reports and papers, excellent communication and analytical skills, and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently while adhering to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, data governance and risk management policies.

Please refer to the detailed Job Description for further details.

When completing your supporting statement, please tell us, using examples, how you meet each of the Essential criteria listed in the Person Specification. Where applicable, please also address any Desirable criteria that you meet.

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below.

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days' annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people of Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. The Bartlett holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

More information can be found here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/planning

Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more:

• download: JD Postdoctoral Research Fellow (ACTIVATE) 2026.pdf