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Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science
Research Officer
Salary from £38,313 to £46,168 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £49,614 pa inclusive of London allowance
This is a fixed term appointment for 30 months and is 0.6 FTE
The position will be in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science (PBS) which teaches and conducts cutting-edge research based in and applied to the real world. PBS is committed to the School’s role as a world leader in the researching and teaching of psychological and behavioural science.
The position will be for project POIESIS [Probing the impact of integrity and integration on societal trust in science], a comparative research with seven partners, who will study public trust in science and the alignment of research practices with principles of integrity and integration of citizens and stakeholders in different phases of the research cycle. The project involves partners in Aarhus University (DK), Wissenschaft im Dialog (DE), National Technical University of Athens (GR), Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (PT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique/Sorbonne (FR) and Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (ES). It is funded by UKRI and linked to the framework of Horizon Europe.
The postholder is expected to independently contribute to the development of the British project part. The postholder will develop a robust qualitative research strategy, involving individual and group interviewing, in discussion with the British Team and the European partners. They will also be working in close vicinity to regular survey instruments such as Eurobarometer, British Attitudes to Science, German Science-barometer and TechnikRadar and Swiss and French Attitudes to Science. They will help organising workshops with partners and write up results in reports and research papers. As a member of the UK MACAS team [mapping the cultural authority of science], they are involved in the LSE-NAIS-Tsinghua research programme with potential engagements in Beijing.
Candidates should have:
· A PhD in (Social) Psychology or Science & Technology Studies, or a cognate social science discipline; demonstrable skills in both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The PhD should be awarded, or near completion (i.e. defended successfully) by the post’s starting date. [if so, a letter from the applicant’s supervisor must confirm the expected completion date at the interview stage]
- Familiarity with the rationale and formats of public engagements with science and technology;
- Expertise in qualitative research, including design, implementation and analysis;
- Strong familiarity with statistical methods, including data management, analysis and visualisation.
- Familiarity with statistical software (e.g. SPSS, R, Python) and software for qualitative research [NVivo, NLP]
We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
To apply for this post, please go to https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the position, please contact Professor Martin W. Bauer (m.bauer@lse.ac.uk).
The closing date for applications is Monday 14 November 2022 (23.55 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.
The start date is planned to be 1st April 2023 at the latest.