Job Description

We are looking to appoint a dedicated and enthusiastic Research Associate (postdoctoral scientist) to join the vibrant research community at the University of Oxford, focused on climate change, extreme events (e.g. heatwaves, droughts, floods, etc.), and their attribution, as well as related health, developmental and socio-economic impacts. The successful candidate will play a key role in delivering a wide range of outcomes for the Wellcome-funded international project CYCLONE, including peer-reviewed publications, novel software tools, university seminars, presentations at meetings/workshops, policy briefs, educational and outreach materials, etc. Specifically, the CYCLONE aims to generate new evidence for the impacts of climate change and extreme events on early childhood health and development (ECD) and raise global visibility of climate impacts on ECD.

The post holder will be a member of Climate Research Programme at ECI in SoGE, reporting to Dr Neven Fu?kar, Senior Researcher, and there is opportunity to engage Oxford researchers with common research interests at SoGE and other Departments (e.g. a co-I, Prof Myles Allen, is a staff member of Physics and ECI/SoGE) and Schools (e.g. the PI, Prof Alan Stein, is a staff member of the Blavatnik School of Government) in Oxford and beyond (e.g. UNICEF). Hybrid (combination of on-site and remote) working approach for this full-time post is an available option. Applicants with a range of academic subject backgrounds are welcomed, including natural sciences, epidemiology, engineering, statistics and applied mathematics with experience and/or growing interest in extreme events, climate change, attribution/causality analysis, epidemiology, public health, ECD, and data science.

The Research Associate will be proficient in programming/scripting (e.g., in Python, and/or R, and/or Matlab, and/or Bash script & NCO & CDO, etc.) and have demonstrable expertise in the analysis of big data, while the experience with interpretation of climate/weather observational and modelling products would be of a substantial value. Furthermore, experience with epidemiological modelling and/or attribution of extreme events and their impacts in a changing climate would be an asset.

The post holder will have a doctorate (or have recently submitted) in a relevant subject (climate, meteorology, epidemiology, physical geography, earth and environmental sciences, physics and astronomy, applied mathematics, statistics, computer science, etc.). The Research Associate will need to be proactive, working both independently and as part of ECI/SoGE climate community and the CYCLONE team, whilst managing and prioritising elements of an ambitious list of interesting and impactful objectives.

This post offers an outstanding opportunity to advance the Research Associate's career in the area of attribution/causality analysis, extreme environmental events, climate and data science (including statistics and AI/ML tools), epidemiology, ECD, and beyond, as well as to opening a set of options outside of academia.

This post is full-time and a fixed-term post until 28 February 2028 (

with the possibility of extension depending on funding availability)

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What We Offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees' well-being, and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:
An excellent contributory pension scheme 38 days annual leave A comprehensive range of childcare services Family leave schemes Cycle loan scheme Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans.

All applications must include a CV (no page limit), Supporting Statement/Cover Letter (2-page limit) and contact information of two referees.

For further guidance and support, please visit

https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply

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Any technical questions related to this vacancy can be sent to:recruit@ouce.ox.ac.uk

The closing date for applications is

12.00 noon

on

2 October 2025

. Only applications submitted by this time will be considered. I

nterviews will likely take place in the following week.

The University of Oxford and The School of Geography and the Environment are Silver Athena SWAN holders. Applications are particularly welcome and encouraged from women, black, and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in posts in The School of Geography and the Environment. The School of Geography and the Environment are committed to equality and values diversity