Research Fellow (Quantitative)

Job title:

Research Fellow (Quantitative)

Company

University College London

Job description

About usThe Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP) at UCL is a pioneering institute that was founded in October 2014 as part of the UCL Faculty of the Built Environment, The Bartlett. This year marks the 10th anniversary of IGP, which has provided groundbreaking research and significant contributions to global prosperity over the years. Professor Henrietta L. Moore is the Founder and Director of the Institute.The IGP’s aim is to create a prosperous, sustainable global future underpinned by the principles of fairness and justice, as well as a realistic long-term vision of humanity’s place in the world. The IGP intends to accomplish this by challenging assumptions, rewriting questions, developing new definitions and measures of prosperity, and bringing together multidisciplinary experts from across UCL and the global academic community. The Institute’s engagement with decision-makers, business, civil society, and communities is especially important in terms of incorporating non-academic expertise into knowledge development.IGP offers a bold transdisciplinary research agenda that includes collaborations on shared prosperity and inclusive innovation with partners in the UK, Lebanon, Tanzania, Greece, and other regions. This work includes longitudinal studies of household prosperity, as well as a rapidly expanding program based on IGP’s context-specific prosperity indicators. As we approach our tenth anniversary, we are thrilled about upcoming projects that will increase our influence and engagement in new and existing regions, as well as expand research themes.About the roleThe main purpose of the role is to develop and implement a comprehensive research program aimed at evaluating prosperity in various worldwide contexts, to contribute to ongoing studies such as the East London Longitudinal Study, and to conduct data analysis.The role entails contributing to outputs aimed at various audiences (public, policymakers, and academics), supporting and sometimes leading the writing of academic papers, pursuing personal development, establishing collaborations within the department, the UK, and internationally, and identifying and supporting grant submissions.For full details please see attached Job Description.About youWe are looking for a candidate with a PhD (or be close to completion) in Economics, Political Sciences, or other quantitative-focused discipline in Social Sciences with an interest in the work and research areas of the Institute for Global Prosperity.You will have experience using data in statistical analysis for research projects, using various analysis software and a knowledge of working with interdisciplinary approaches to research.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme:
• Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/Available documents

Expected salary

Location

North West London

Job date

Sun, 22 Sep 2024 05:31:47 GMT

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