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RADICAL (‘A Radical New Interdisciplinary Space for Sonification’) is a Research Project Grant funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The grant is held and managed by Dr Paul Vickers in the Department of Computer
& Information sciences at Northumbria University with co-investigators at nearby Newcastle University. Making use of spatialised audio, including (though not limited to) Northumbria’s IKO icosahedral loudspeaker (which is the only one in the UK) the aim of this project is to conduct a comprehensive study of
sonification making and listening to form a fundamental understanding of the relationships between sonifications, their designers, and their listeners and to stimulate a revitalised agenda for sonification research and practice. The interdisciplinary nature
of the project team will enable us to develop a new theory of sonification listening and to derive an aesthetics of sonification which, up till now, has no accepted definition. These outcomes will be important in formulating a new framework for successful
sonification design. We are seeking one Research Fellow at Northumbria to work on the RADICAL project with a primary focus on the design and implementation of data sonifications. You will likely have a technical background in
computer science or human-computer interaction and a demonstrable interest in sonification, sonic interaction design, or digital audio. The project has recently appointed to the project a research associate at Newcastle University with a focus on ethnographic evaluation of technologically-mediated musical and sonic arts practice. Therefore,
a degree of familiarity with, or ability to adapt to the basics of the Newcastle focus will be significant in developing interdisciplinary collaboration with the Newcastle team. Since the research conducted across RADICAL is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary you will have demonstrable interest to work in an interdisciplinary team. The Research Fellow is expected to work closely
with their counterpart at Newcastle and should be(or be willing to become) conversant with methods of ethnographic research, experimental musics/sonic arts, and Research through Design. Excellent communication skills are essential. Experience and familiarity with research funding would be beneficial. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate on a new area of interdisciplinary research. This is a three-year fixed term post. The job is full time and you will be working from Northumbria University’s
main campus in Newcastle upon Tyne. The CV of the successful candidate will be sent to the Leverhulme Trust for approval before the appointment is confirmed. See the project web page at
https://projectRadical.github.io/about for more information about RADICAL. The project officially begins in mid-January so we are looking to have someone in post as soon as possible after that.
For an informal discussion about the Northumbria post, please contact Paul Vickers at
paul.vickers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. To see a role description, person specification, and instructions on how to apply for this position, please visit
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/work-for-us/job-vacancies/professional-3241-research-fellow-in-sonification-design-and-aesthetics.
Previous unsuccessful candidates should not apply. Regards Paul Vickers -- Dr Paul Vickers BSc PhD CEng MIEE FHEA Associate Professor & Reader in Computer Science & Computational Perceptualisation Project RADICAL – Principal Investigator Institute of Coding – Project Lead: http://ioc.northumbria.ac.uk/ Department of Computer and Information Sciences E: paul.vickers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx O: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0963-5005 Ellison Building, Ellison Place Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8ST, United Kingdom Research: https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/our-staff/v/dr-paul-vickers/ LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/drpaulvickers GitHub: https://github.com/paulvickers/ |