Lab4Living is recruiting!
As Lab4Living’s 100-Year Life project gets underway, we are recruiting to build our team.
Plans for the project, funded through Research England’s Expanding Excellence in England research fund, include a new creative working space, an international research hub and a Design4Ageing Academy. The project enables Lab4Living to expand its team of researchers and postgraduate students.
Professor of Art and Design
We are seeking the appointment of a Professor to join the Lab4Living leadership team and support the delivery of this funded research programme and contribute to the management, development, delivery and sustainability of Lab4Living and the wider Art and Design Research Centre (ADRC). We welcome applications from individuals whose research falls within the broad subject base of the ADRC.
As a key member of Lab4Living, the new post-holder will contribute to developing models of knowledge translation across academia and industry. The post-holder will be actively involved in the day-to-day running of L4L as well as mentoring staff including early career researchers.
Professor Paul Chamberlain, Principal Investigator on the 100-Year Life project and Co-Director of Lab4Living said:
“We are seeking individuals with vision, passion and determination to join our creative team and be part of this exciting opportunity.”
The Lab4Living environment
Lab4Living is a trans-disciplinary research group, based on a collaborative community of researchers in design, healthcare and creative practices. We work together to develop develop products, services and interventions that promote dignity and enhance quality of life
The professor will be based in the heart of a well established and internationally recognised centre of research and industrial expertise in art and design. The Art and Design Research Centre (ADRC) (established over 25 years ago and one of the first of its kind in the UK) leads and manages the disciplines of Fine Art, Design and Media Production at Sheffield Hallam University.
Within the ADRC, Design Futures is the Knowledge Transfer Unit, a centre for industrial collaboration with expertise in industrial and packaging design. Lab4Living researchers work closely with Design Futures Packaging on projects such as the Life Café kit production and Exhibition in a box projects.
Internationally, Lab4Living has strong partnerships in over 20 countries (from the Netherlands to New Zealand). The Lab has also created new spaces which bring the design and health community together, through the biennial Design4Health conferences and the Design For Health journal.
How to apply
For more information and details of how to apply, view the job details. The closing date for applications is 29 October 2019.
Find out more about what we do in Lab4Living and the Art and Design Research Centre.