Associate Professor (Reader)

Advance research excellence in the UK

As part of our pan-University Global Talent Fund initiative, we’re seeking internationally recognised academics with a track record of excellence and leadership. At Bath, you’ll have the freedom to expand your research vision, build cross-sector partnerships, and lead teams tackling major global challenges across clean energy, digital technologies, life sciences, and professional and business services. With exceptional institutional investment, a collaborative research culture, and world-class facilities, this is your opportunity to amplify your global influence from one of the UK’s most dynamic and forward-looking universities.

We are recruiting across the following four strategic areas:

• Clean Energy Industries: Hydrogen and biogas fuels, energy networks, environmental economics, green finance, ethical supply chains, and behavioural change.
• Digital and Technologies: AI and machine learning, cybersecurity, spatial intelligence, robotics, human-computer interaction, and digital transformation.
• Life Sciences: Drug discovery, diagnostics, pain research, preventative healthcare, wearable biosensors, and public health surveillance.
• Professional and Business Services: Retail innovation, fintech, smart logistics, digital policy, and inclusive growth.

This is a research-intensive role, with the expectation of significant contributions to research excellence and innovation as well as also contributing to teaching within your associated Department. 

What we’re looking for: 

• A sustained record of high-quality research and funding within at least one of the priority areas of digital and technologies, life sciences, or professional and business services.
• Evidence of leadership in innovation and collaboration, and the capability to translate research to deliver real-world impact.
• Strategic thinking and mentoring capability.
• Engagement with industry, policy, or global networks.

Why Bath?

We foster an inclusive and welcoming culture and want to ensure that every new team member feels at home from day one. Experience the best of both worlds at our compact and easy to get around campus overlooking the UNESCO World Heritage city of Bath. Surrounded by leafy green spaces that inspire focused research, you’ll also be part of a vibrant, welcoming community and just minutes from the city’s culture and energy. Here, world-leading research and collaboration thrive alongside a lifestyle that’s balanced, and rewarding.