Dear PolMeth Community:
Please see the job opportunity below. This would be a great opportunity
for a great masters student or a PostBacc with strong technical skills.
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We are seeking a research project manager for a Carnegie Corporation funded
project supervised by Drs. Jacob Montgomery, Christopher Lucas, Jacob
Montgomery, and Margit Tavits, the Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied
Data Sciences (TRIADS), and the Department of Political Science at
Washington University in St. Louis.
The project examines politicians’ use of populist rhetoric across the
world’s democracies in order to understand its origins, mode of spread, and
consequences to the democratic process and stability. The project draws on
a massive new dataset of social media posts by politicians and political
parties around the world and will also include original surveys in four
democracies.
This position will expose the individual to a wide array of theories and
methods in political science and data science, providing a unique
opportunity to develop research skills and engage in professional
development with a large, collaborative team. It would be a good fit for
individuals aiming to gain intensive research skills including text
analysis, computer vision, causal inference, and survey/experimental
design. We are looking for a hard-working, detail-oriented, highly
motivated, and highly organized individual with a bachelor’s or master’s
degree and skills in task management and data collection. Skills in
database management are a plus, but can be learned as part of training. The
start date is negotiable in Spring 2024.
*Core Responsibilities*
The emphasis of this position is on research group coordination and project
management including the following:
• organizing the research group’s workflow, i.e., keeping track of the
various tasks and sub-projects of the research group, setting deadlines,
managing time, taking pro-active steps to help keep the project on track
• conducting data cleaning, management, and basic analyses
• helping with training and supervising undergraduate research assistants
on study-related tasks
• completing administrative duties (e.g., maintaining IRB applications,
interacting with survey firms and hired contractors, purchasing, etc.)
*Minimum Requirements: *Bachelor’s degree in the social sciences, data
science, computer science, statistics, or related field (upon job start
date), basic knowledge of research and statistics, good communication and
organization skills, working well in a team and independently.
*Preferred Qualifications:* Masters degree in a relevant field of study
(data science, social sciences, computers science, etc.) and 1-2 years of
relevant research and/or administrative experience.
*How to Apply*
To apply for this position, please navigate to https://tinyurl.com/wtd4scyb.
Interested applicants *should include their CV/resume that lists three
references as well as a 1-page cover letter describing their interest in
the position and relevant expertise.* Applications will be reviewed
starting on December 1st until the position is filled.
We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strongly encourage
applications from candidates who are committed to contributing to this
goal.
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Jacob M. Montgomery (he/him/his)
Director, Transdisciplinary Institute in Applied Data Science (TRIADS)
Professor, Department of Political Science
Washington University in St. Louis
Email: [log in to unmask]
Zoom: https://wustl.zoom.us/my/jacobmontgomery
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