Research Associate in Net-Zero Energy Systems

The Welsh School of Architecture (WSA) is seeking to appoint a Research Associate in Net-Zero Energy Systems to support a multi-disciplinary team working on the integration of renewable energy and storage technologies at both household and neighbourhood scale.

You will contribute to a collaborative project funded by the Place-Based Impact Acceleration Account (PBIAA) through UKRI EPSRC focused on evaluating and optimising decentralised energy systems using real-world monitored data from 65 low-carbon homes in Swansea. The project aims to inform scalable, cost-effective, and carbon-reducing energy strategies for housing authorities and energy stakeholders in the Swansea Bay City Region.

The postholder will be based on-campus at Cardiff University and will work closely with colleagues from the School of Engineering, as well as external partners including Swansea Council and organisations in the housing, renewable energy, and network infrastructure sectors. Regular travel to Swansea and other UK locations will be required for workshops, stakeholder engagement, and dissemination events. Limited hybrid working may be considered.

For informal enquiries about the post, please contact:

• Dr Emmanouil Perisoglou (Principal Investigator) –
• Dr Juan Fernandez Goycoolea (Co-Investigator) – Fernan
• Lucy Forrester (HR Advisor) –

This post is full-time and fixed term for 12 months and your contract will end no later than 31 December 2026. The anticipated start date is 1 January 2026.

Salary: £41,064 - £46,049 per annum (Grade
6). Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale.

Closing date:
Sunday, 25 January 2026

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds who have the ambition to create a University which seeks to fulfil our social, cultural and economic obligation to Cardiff, Wales, and the world.

In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Cardiff University is a signatory to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), which means that in hiring and promotion decisions we will evaluate applicants on the quality of their research, not publication metrics or the identity of the journal in which the research is published. More information is available at:
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Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.