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Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) at LSE
Research Economist
Salary from £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance
This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year
The Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) is seeking to appoint a Research Economist for a one-year period to work mainly on wellbeing and behaviour related to Covid-19. The project will use new primary and existing secondary data to throw light on how wellbeing has changed in the UK and internationally during the Covid-19 pandemic, how wellbeing relates to behaviour during this time, and how wellbeing data can be used to inform evidence-based policy response to the crisis.
The project is led by Dr Christian Krekel and Dr Jan-Emmanuel De Neve with advice from Professor Richard Layard. The Research Economist will play a major role in the planning, design, and implementation of the project and will co-author all outputs accordingly. The role will assist with data matching, processing, modelling, and analysis and will contribute to co-authored top-journal-quality publications. The Research Economist will coordinate the work of others as required. The role holder will be encouraged and be provided with sufficient time to develop a wider research agenda of their own within the context of the overall work programme of the Centre.
The successful candidate should have a PhD (or be six months away from completion from post start date) in Economics or a closely related quantitative social science discipline. The role holder has either already published in peer-reviewed journals or shows an emerging track record of promising future publications.
Advanced analytical skills in handling and quantitative analysis of large datasets; experience in the use of STATA and other econometrics software; and good understanding of statistical methods are all essential. It is desirable that the role holder has demonstrated interest in wellbeing and behaviour as well as previous experience in policy issues related to wellbeing.
The successful candidate should also have the ability to identify appropriate methods of investigation, identify key research questions, and to interpret and analyse patterns or trends in data and to think through problems analytically. Some experience in the use of machine learning is desirable, and knowledge of wellbeing and behavioural science is desirable.
The ability to work independently for long time periods without close supervision is also a requirement.
Visit cep.lse.ac.uk for information about CEP.
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.
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 role, please email M.Yacoob@lse.ac.uk
The closing date for receipt of applications is 24 July 2020 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.