Research Associate - Higher Gauge Theory And Higher-dimensional Integrability

Department

Mathematics

Salary

£37,694 - £46,049 a year

Grade

Grade 6

Contract status

Fixed term

Hours of work

Full-time

Based at

University of York campus

Interview date

To be confirmed

Posted Date

28/04/2026

Apply by

26/05/2026

Job Reference

14965

Documents

• Job Description 14965.pdf (PDF, 399.09kb)
  
  

Role Description

Department

The Department of Mathematics at the University of York seeks a post doctoral researcher to work under the supervision of Dr. Benoit Vicedo (and the co-supervision of Prof. Alexander Schenkel from the University of Trento, Italy) on the EPSRC funded project titled “Higher Gauge Theory And Higher-dimensional Integrability”.

Role

The aim of the project is to work towards developing a novel and comprehensive framework for higher-dimensional integrable models using techniques from higher gauge theory to explore higher dimensional and higher gauge-theoretic versions of the recent framework of 4-dimensional Chern-Simons theory.

This is a fixed-term contract for up to 24 months.

Skills, Experience & Qualification Needed

• Candidates will have completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in a relevant area of Mathematics or Mathematical Physics or equivalent experience
• An ideal candidate will have a strong mathematical background and experience in working with gauge theoretic approaches to integrability based on Chern-Simons theories and/or general higher algebraic structures.
• The applicant should also show great potential at mastering new areas and techniques.
  
  

Interview date: to be confirmed

For informal enquiries: please contact Benoît Vicedo, email: b.vicedo@york.ac.uk

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