Postdoctoral Researcher in air pollution and climate change
University of Edinburgh, UK
Closing date: 17 September 2026
The position sits within two large multi-institutional UKRI funded hubs: “Indoor HABItability during the Transition to NetZero Housing Hub: INHABIT and HEARTH: National Hub on Net Zero, Health and Extreme Heat” which aim to produce scientific evidence and policy-relevant solutions to realise the health co-benefits of the UK’s net zero transition. The research will utilise street-scale process-based modelling and statistical analysis methods applicable to large climate datasets, to quantify ambient environmental exposures.
The PDRA will focus on two related strands of research focusing on air pollution and climate change: You will perform simulations of outdoor air quality, within an outdoor-indoor air quality exposure and health modelling framework, using the ADMS-Urban model. This research will develop emissions scenarios for model simulations that consider future emission pathways and sector–based interventions that utilise the UK NAEI emissions inventory and/or regional action plans. You will also examine heat and related co-occurring climate extremes (such as outdoor air quality, wildfires, drought, flooding), and their impacts through analysis of regional long-term weather and climate model projections datasets (e.g. UKCP18, EURO-CORDEX). You will co-develop an indoor heat-health warning system for different settings (such as homes, care homes, hospitals, prisons) and co-produce a set of indicators and metrics to measure impacts and quantify the health co-benefits of net zero interventions. You will gain exposure of interdisciplinary working across natural and built environments and in health sciences within a large hub team and benefit from hub career development opportunities.
For informal enquiries please contact: Ruth.Doherty@ed.ac.uk and a.schurer@ed.ac.uk