"managing uncertainty" blog posts
From Postdoc to Permanent: How the RSA Shaped My Career Development
Sophie Jones is a Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century History. A historian of the eighteenth-century British Atlantic, her research focuses on the socio-cultural development of the North American colonies. Jones has published on a range of topics including early-modern merchants and their families, eighteenth-century American subscription libraries, and early-modern literacy. Her forthcoming monograph considers how local contexts shaped political identities during the American Revolution.
Posted on: 10 December 2025
Short-term contracts, long-term projects: the bridge of honorary contracts
Navigating the challenges of fixed short-term contracts and the length of time over which research is completed and published is complex for postdoctoral research associates. Honorary contracts provide a solution to address this by maintaining vital university access.
Posted on: 6 October 2025
A research visit: an opportunity for personal and professional development for early career researchers
Dr I Gusti Ngurah Edi Putra (Edi) is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Department of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK, working under the mentorship of Prof. Eric Robinson in the Obesity and Appetite research group.
Posted on: 4 September 2024