Research Fellow in the Economics and Geography of Innovation

Location: Brighton

Salary: £38,784 to £46,049

The Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU) at the University of Sussex is seeking to appoint a highly talented and motivated researcher to join a Horizon Europe-funded project called, Past and Current Transitions: A new pact for fair and resilient European regions (PACT).

The PACT project aims to analyse the social and economic consequences of the so-called ‘twin transition’ towards digitalisation and green transformation in European regions; regions already shaped by earlier socio-economic transformations, notably moves from manufacturing to service economies. The project mixes quantitative and qualitative methods in a combined historical and contemporary study that will generate knowledge and insight for a more just twin transition.

Find out more here.

Closing date: 10 June 2026