The role is to work alongside Profs Martin Clayton and Tuomas Eerola as part of the EU Future and Emerging Technologies project 'EnTimeMent - ENtrainment and synchronization at multiple TIME scales in the MENTal foundations of expressive gesture'.

Specifically, the research to be carried out in Durham, in collaboration with other partners including the University of Genoa and EuroMov (University of Montpellier), concerns analysis of the movement of musicians, performing solo, in duets and small groups: in the first instance these will be performers of North Indian (Hindustani) raga music.

We will be happy to consider job share or part-time working arrangements.

This post is fexed term for 9 months due to external funding. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be in post by 1 October 2020, or as soon as possible thereafter.

The post-holder is employed to work on research/a research project which will be led by another colleague. Whilst this means that the post-holder will not be carrying out independent research in his/her own right, the expectation is that they will contribute to the advancement of the project, through the development of their own research ideas/adaptation and development of research protocols.