We seek to hire a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. The fellow will be associated with our Behavioural Politics Initiative. An ideal candidate will have a PhD in the social, behavioural, or statistical sciences. The ideal candidate will be engaged in work on political behaviour using large-scale representative and self-selected data (e.g. Twitter, Facebook, search, and voting advice application data). The position is principally a research appointment with quite limited non-research responsibilities. 

The Behavioural Politics Initiative is a new undertaking in the department of political science at the University of Toronto. It is comprised of a small number of faculty and graduate students broadly interested in studies of politics that incorporate behavioural insights from across the social sciences and that utilize rigorous empirical and experimental methods. Members of our group have access to both a large student subject pool and a 20 station experimental lab. The Initiative also features a speakers' series and small conferences, the first to be held in the Fall of 2013 in Toronto. 

Responsibilities of the postdoc will include: 

- conducting research on behavioural politics using large-scale data from representative and self-selected subjects. 
- helping to organize and administer lab and survey experiments. 
- on a limited basis, acting as a resource on statistical methods to undergraduate students. 
- on a limited basis, aiding in the administration of our speakers' series and small conference. 

Ideal profile

The ideal candidate will meet the following criteria: 

* Excellent PhD in social or statistical sciences. 
* Advanced training in statistical and/or experimental methods. 
* An independent research agenda related to behavioural politics
* experience with large datasets and "big data"
* mastery or Stata and/or R, and ideally experience with z-tree
* other relevant programming experience (e.g. C++, python, perl)
* excellent organization and communication skills 

Our offerings

The fellow will be provided with dedicated office space, some conference funds, and an annual salary of $40,000 CDN. The initial appointment will be made for 1 year. 

Interested candidates should forward by May 25 a CV and 1-2 page statement of their research interests  to Peter Loewen ([log in to unmask]). Any questions can be forwarded to the same address. The position would begin anytime from July 1, 2013. 
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