Research Assistant Brighton, England
Job description
A research assistant is needed to provide support for a portfolio of contracted research in the School of Psychology at the University of Sussex. We have a number of current research projects in the School, including examining the role of schools and peer relationships in mental health of children and young people, audience experiences of safety and atmosphere at music events, and testing links between empathy and reading. The work will involve supporting these and other research projects through assistance with ethical clearance, data management, liaising between co-investigators and partners, data sharing and compliance with open science practices (e.g., uploading data and pre-prints to open science platforms), transcription management, data cleaning, analysis, manuscript preparation, organizing and attending team meetings, managing research communications, and helping with impact activities.
The postholder will be line managed by Professor John Drury, Director of Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Psychology. They will work closely with a number of different principal investigators in the School, depending on which projects are live.
The University of Sussex is a leading teaching and research institution and is ranked within the top 200 in the world. The School of Psychology at the University of Sussex is one of the most academically diverse and influential centres for the study of psychology in the UK with considerable strengths in both research and teaching. We have a longstanding commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we are proud to hold an Athena SWAN Silver Award (2020) for our work promoting gender equality. Psychology at Sussex was ranked 18th out of nearly 100 institutions in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework and receives excellent student ratings for its undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. We offer a very highly regarded undergraduate degree course and a suite of PGT courses, and we have a substantial group of doctoral students, supported in part by ESRC, BBSRC, and Leverhulme Trust funded doctoral training programmes.
Please contact Prof John Drury, email: [email protected] for informal enquiries.
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