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Research Fellow

Employer
Global Academy Jobs
Location
United Kingdom
Closing date
Nov 2, 2016

Job Details

Research Fellow Agents, Interactions & Complexity

Location: Highfield Campus

Salary:  £29,301 to £36,001

Full Time Fixed Term

Closing Date:  Wednesday 02 November 2016

Reference: 787116FP

ReFresh: Remodelling Building Design Sustainability from a Human Centered Approach

http://www.refresh-project.org.uk/

FOCUS

We are looking for Researchers with experience in Sensors (like EEG) and human participant studies (HCI context) to investigate first: how environment affects cognitive performance and second: how to design interactive technologies based on these findings to help support achieving better human performance.

GOALS

The goals of the Refresh project are to put the human at the centre of building performance and to develop new measures and models that better capture the complexity of these interactions. We plan to measure the *dynamic* changes in and around the local environment on human performance in that environment. These measures will give us ways to create new models of building environments that in turn will be available to help inform policy for building quality that takes human wellbeing in these environments into account. These models will also help us to design new kinds of environmental interaction tools. For instance, much current attention is focused on smart meters to encourage us to change our behaviour around energy use. This is a very one-way view of our interaction with a buiding; it's all building to human. What if the building, however, knew something about our state and tasks? Would we be able to present a co-interaction meter that might suggest opening a window or going for a walk to get some air in order to complete a task when we're apparently becoming sluggish?

Our proposal brings together a novel mix of ICT and engineering sciences. As such, our results will affect a range of disciplines. Overall, our research explicitly aims to develop a methodology for assessing indoor climate for human performance as the outdoor microclimate is altered due to a changing neighbourhood. We will discover how dynamic changes may enable us to create not just a sustainable indoor environment, but an indoor environment which sustains. We will enhance the present energy-dominated portfolio of built environment research by taking a holistic view and integrating explicit feedbacks between urban microclimate, ventilation and human performance. Our approach will provide guidance on how to meet energy efficiency targets without compromising productivity.

Initial appointment for 12 months, potentially renewable for another 12 months.

Application Procedure:

You should submit your completed online application form at www.jobs.soton.ac.uk. The vacancy will close at midnight on the closing date as shown above.

References are requested along with your application. This reference system is automated so please ensure you provide the correct email address and allow time for these to be received, prior to the close date, to assist the department with shortlisting.

If you need any assistance, please call Suzanne Stone (Recruitment Team) on +44 (0) 23 8059 4043. Please quote reference 787116FP on all correspondence.

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