A full time Research Assistant post is available in the TobaccoTactics team providing research support to the STOP project (see below).
TobaccoTactics.org is a unique academic resource that summarises research and monitoring findings on the tobacco industry and its allies in an evidence-based and user-friendly format. It is used globally by politicians, civil servants, journalists and advocates.
You will be required to edit and update existing content as well as research and develop new profiles for the TobaccoTactics website, a unique academic resource that explores how the tobacco industry influences policy and public health in the UK, the EU and internationally. We are particularly interested in someone who can analyse the operation of multinational corporations.
THE STOP PROJECT
STOP (Stop Tobacco Organisations & Products) is a global tobacco industry watchdog, established with $15m funded from Bloomberg Philanthropies. It is a partnership between the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, the Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, Thailand, the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Paris, and Vital Strategies, New York.
As such it brings together the global leaders in in tobacco industry monitoring and research, advocacy, accountability and communication. This unique combination ensures our research is widely and effectively communicated and maximally impactful.
We will be leading the tobacco industry monitoring and research arm of the work. With a focus on low and middle income countries, we will be extending the scale, geographic reach and responsiveness of our current research.
Within the University of Bath, the STOP team will be based within the Tobacco Control Research Group and include staff from different faculties, departments and research centres
