Research Assistants wanted for two projects on autocratic politics
We are recruiting 2 research assistants (RAs) for two research projects, involving several researchers at the Department of Political Science, UiO. The positions are part-time, tasks are varied, and training/work may begin already in November for the recruited RAs.
The two projects, The Emergence, Life and Demise of Authoritarian Regimes (ELDAR) and Objections to Democracy (ODe), are funded by the European Research Council (ERC) and UiO:Demokrati, and led by Prof. Carl Henrik Knutsen and Prof. Tore Wig, respectively.
The research assistants may be assigned different tasks:
- Manual «coding» of, for instance, education policies and systems or political regime change episodes, based on web searches and other historical and contemporary sources
- Literature searches and reviews
- Data preparation and analysis (e.g., in R or Stata)
- Designing survey questionnaires and creating online surveys
- Administrative tasks (budgeting, reporting, organizing workshops, etc.)
Those hired will be assigned to projects and tasks based on interests and skills. For all relevant applicants, we require a good command of English, high degrees of independence and diligence, interest in political science research, ability to work efficiently, and good communication skills.
One or more of the following skills are also relevant:
- Experience with coding large datasets based on historical and contemporary sources
- Knowledge about the literature on political regimes and regime change
- Language skills beyond Norwegian and English, for instance Arabic, Chinese, German, French or Spanish
- Experience with systematic web searches
Candidates who are on their last semester of their BA program (and who intend to apply for an MA at UiO) or at the first semester of their MA program are especially encouraged to apply, but we welcome applications from all candidates who are currently undertaking a BA or MA at UiO. Candidates should be able to document good grades, especially in courses in research methods.
The amount of work hours is approximately equivalent of 20-30% of a full-time position, but can be scaled up depending on the candidate’s preferences and needs of the projects. The extent and time frame of the positions will be agreed individually. The job offers varied experience with project work, data collection, and the research process more generally. The RAs will be able to work on exciting topics that can potentially also serve as a point of departure for MA theses, if desired, in a stimulating and very friendly work environment (with many potential supervisors).
Applications, in Norwegian or English, of approx. ½ page, with accompanying CV and grade transcripts, should be sent to Vilde Lunnan Djuve (v.l.djuve@stv.uio.no), no later than Wednesday, October 4th.