Research Assistant/Research Fellow in agent-based Modelling London, England
Job description
About us
UCL’s Department of Political Science & School of Public Policy offers you a uniquely stimulating environment for the study of all fields of politics, including international relations, political theory, human rights, public policy-making and administration. The Department is recognized for its world-class research and policy impact, ranking second in the UK in the latest Guardian rankings on research excellence in politics.
Over 150 people make up the Department of Political Science including academic, teaching, and research staff, professional services, and MPhil/PhD students (for an overview of our research, see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/drupal/site_political-science/research).
A full profile of UCL can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/about/.
About the role
The Department of Political Science is looking to hire one full-time Research Assistant or Research Fellow. The position will run from 01 September 2023 to 31 August 2024.
The salary will be on the UCL Grade 6B Research Assistant £35,702-37,548 per annum (inclusive of London Allowance) / Research Fellow Grade 7 £39,508-43,792 per annum (inclusive of London Allowance).
The position is part of the Human Rights Nudge Project, funded by the European Research Council and led by Dr Veronika Fikfak.
The main purpose is to establish how we can deter and minimise violations of human rights in the future.
Read more about Human Rights Nudge here: www.humanrightsnudge.com
When applying please include a CV and cover letter (1 page) and two letters of references.
For informal enquiries please contact Dr Veronika Fikfak (email: v.fikfak(at)ucl.ac.uk).
For informal queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact PolSci.Staffing : (email: polsci.staffing(at)ucl.ac.uk)
Interviews will be held week commencing 03 July 2023
About you
The post requires a Master's degree for a Research Assistant position. We are also open to different subjects like Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Social Science and other technical discipline, with a significant component of programming and/or data science.
For the Research Fellow position, the position requires academic qualifications PhD, JSD or equivalent degree in the same areas as for the research assistant position.
Experience in computer modelling and an understanding and knowledge of programming language appropriate for the development of agent-based models (R, Python etc) including statistical methods would be needed.
Previous experience working in the legal/social sciences domain and as part of a team is considered an asset.
You will need to demonstrate a clear potential to deliver high quality peer-reviewed research publications.
Emphasis on the applicant's skills and research potential, as well as the ability to work in a team will be assessed.
What we offer
As 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)
- Hybrid Final Salary Pension Scheme
- 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 Inclusion
As 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 encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in the sector and at UCL including but, not exclusive, to disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBT+ people, people from black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, especially women
You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/
