Top Research Jobs in Edinburgh

Conduct research and quantitative analysis across wholesale financial markets using large regulatory datasets, including transaction-level trading and derivatives data. Develop reproducible analytical code, identify market risks, evaluate regulatory outcomes, and produce evidence-based insights for policy and supervision teams. Collaborate with market experts and stakeholders, communicate complex findings clearly, and contribute to both ongoing research projects and time-sensitive market analysis.

Provides administrative support for postgraduate research programmes within a university school. The role assists academic and professional services colleagues, supports postgraduate research students and staff, and helps ensure research student activities run smoothly. It is a full-time, 12-month fixed-term position with hybrid working options and regular on-campus attendance.

Supports research in Medical Education focused on compassion and empathy. Conducts defined research activities, contributes to project team delivery, and works with project leads to meet study requirements. The role is part-time, fixed-term for 24 months, with potential hybrid working. Applicants must provide a CV and cover letter and demonstrate the right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Conduct livestock genome engineering research in cattle cells to test genetic changes identified by AI models and genetic studies for improving dairy productivity and feed efficiency. Collaborate with quantitative geneticists and computational biologists, investigate gene regulation, and contribute to an international engineering biology research network focused on sustainable livestock production in low- and middle-income countries.

Assist with an international psychiatry research study involving children with SYNGAP1-related disorder. Responsibilities include remotely supporting families with sleep-monitoring equipment setup, collecting reliable data, troubleshooting technical issues during evenings, contacting participants, providing study information, and coordinating equipment courier logistics. The role also offers opportunities for research development, patient and public involvement, and academic publication.

Conduct basic science research on neurodegeneration and multiple sclerosis, focusing on mitochondrial function and mitochondrial DNA at the single-cell level in animal brain tissue. Collaborate with researchers at University College London and the Dementia Research Institute, contribute to laboratory research, and work with a balance of supervised tasks and independent initiative.

Build and maintain a consultant pool supporting Just Energy Transition Partnership work in South Africa, Indonesia, and Senegal. Responsibilities may include policy and systems research, actor mapping, comparative analysis, stakeholder strategy, convening and dialogue facilitation, dissemination, and clear writing for policy, public, and funder audiences. Consultants will work independently on time-bound engagements involving business, finance, government, civil society, and human rights considerations.

Conduct world-leading interdisciplinary research within the Decisions Cluster of the Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life, examining how AI and algorithmic technologies transform decision-making. Develop research and funding plans, collaborate across disciplines, contribute to knowledge exchange and the research environment, support postgraduate research students, and undertake academic administration and citizenship activities.

Conduct academic research on DNA methylation, epigenetic marks, and gene regulation within mammalian cells. The role involves using synthetic vector libraries, cellular landing pads, and high-throughput sequencing to investigate transcriptional regulation and cellular phenotypes. The assistant will collaborate with multiple laboratories, contribute to interdisciplinary research projects, and support work toward publication.

Supports multidisciplinary research on decarbonisation strategies in cancer care. Responsibilities include developing and conducting a scoping review, designing search strategies, screening and analysing evidence, extracting data, piloting qualitative interviews, supporting research prioritisation, disseminating findings, drafting publications, assisting project management, and contributing to grant applications and team development.

Develop and manage clinical change order budgets for biotech, medtech, and specialty pharma clients. Coordinate with business development, finance, contracts, and project management teams; schedule and consolidate budget inputs; resolve issues; calculate resource and service fees; analyze costs; and support customer budget presentations. The role requires understanding CRO services and clinical trial processes, strong mathematics and accounting fundamentals, advanced Microsoft Office skills, and excellent organization and communication.

Leads study start-up performance and teams across the United Kingdom, managing staffing, resources, utilization, timelines, process efficiency, contractual compliance, and risk management. Collaborates with global SSU leadership to standardize processes and improve team capabilities. Requires clinical or scientific expertise, substantial clinical trials or pharmaceutical industry experience, personnel management experience, and detailed knowledge of ICH/GCP, ISO 14155, FDA, European, and country-specific regulatory requirements.

Conduct industry, market, competitor, and target-account research across enterprise technology and industrial sectors. Analyze procurement processes, customer priorities, comparable products, and emerging opportunities. Summarize findings in reports and presentations while supporting consulting and product initiatives. Collaborate with leadership on commercial strategy and organize complex information into clear insights.

Conduct independent and collaborative laboratory research developing magnetic nanoparticles for CNS drug delivery. Responsibilities include nanoparticle synthesis, characterization, surface biofunctionalization with proteins, peptides and targeting ligands, biological evaluation, data analysis, publication, and conference presentation. The role requires a PhD or imminent PhD completion in Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related discipline.

Coordinates the Generation Scotland research programme, managing complex processes involving communication, research ethics, data access applications, documentation, information governance, and finance tracking. The role supports interdisciplinary health data science projects within the University of Edinburgh’s School of Population Health and requires high standards of organization, compliance, and collaboration.

Conduct interdisciplinary research in physical intelligence, soft sensing, robotics, machine learning, and signal processing. Develop sensing and perception methods enabling robots to understand their body state and physical interactions, integrate them into robotic and mechatronic platforms, and perform extensive experimental validation. Collaborate across sensing, robotics, electronics, and AI while developing new research ideas within an ERC-funded project.

Provides post-award financial administration for externally funded research grants, including budget monitoring, claims, reporting, forecasting, project closure, KPI tracking, and audit preparation. The role supports academic colleagues, ensures compliance with funder requirements, resolves financial issues, liaises with funders, builds stakeholder relationships, and contributes to process improvement and consistent service delivery across the research grants portfolio.

Supports evidence synthesis research on the use of evidence in policymaking. Responsibilities include documentary and qualitative data collection and analysis, developing research methods, drafting publications, presenting findings, supporting staff and students, addressing project issues, and completing research administration. The role requires relevant academic qualifications, evidence synthesis experience, qualitative analysis skills, clear communication, resource management, and competency with EPPI Reviewer and MAXQDA.

Leads compliance initiatives and audits of financial professional offices, evaluates regulatory adherence, documents findings, communicates deficiencies, supports remediation, trains team members, improves procedures, and provides compliance guidance. The role requires managing multiple audits, follow-ups, travel logistics, regulatory updates, and escalated issues while maintaining FINRA licensing and industry knowledge.

Conduct theoretical and computational research on turbulent mixing and small-scale fluid dynamics in the Arctic Ocean. Develop theoretical models, validate them through idealized numerical simulations using Oceananigans, analyze oceanic observations, and implement parameterization schemes in regional Arctic ocean models. Collaborate with the principal investigator, National Oceanography Centre, and university partners to assess impacts on ocean and climate modeling.

Conduct academic research developing optical elastography technologies for measuring the mechanical properties of living cells, organoids, and tissues. Responsibilities include fabricating and characterising soft gels, performing biomechanical and optical measurements, assembling and testing prototypes, analysing research data, preparing reports, and supporting dissemination and collaboration with academic and industry partners.

Conduct experimental research developing optical elastography technologies for measuring mechanical properties of living cells and tissues. Apply optical interferometry, quantitative phase imaging, and computational analysis; develop scripts, integrate and validate prototypes, guide a Research Assistant, and contribute to publications, presentations, partnerships, intellectual property, commercialization, and funding activities.

Conduct frontier applied research on efficient AI model architectures, including sparse attention, long-context memory, selective computation, dynamic inference, reasoning, and continual adaptation. Formulate research questions, design rigorous experiments at meaningful scales, develop efficient implementations, publish findings, contribute to open-source tools and models, mentor researchers, and help direct the research stream.

Leads the College of Medicine and Health research support team, overseeing pre-award support, research development, proposal drafting, budgeting, compliance, due diligence, grant setup, and contract negotiation. The role manages approximately 25 professionals, develops research-support processes, monitors performance, leads strategic partnerships, supports complex agreements, and promotes staff development, equality, and continuous service improvement across the University.

Conduct research on morpho-syntactic variation and change in historical Scots, and develop methods for annotating parsed corpora and treebanks. The researcher will contribute to the ESRC-funded INTSAYT project, developing new research ideas, approaches, concepts, and techniques alongside the project’s Co-Investigator. This is a full-time, three-year fixed-term postdoctoral position at the University of Edinburgh.