Research Scientist

Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) is looking to hire a full-time research scientist to work with the Criminal Justice @ SPIA initiative. The position entails close collaboration with the four faculty members of the initiative (Patrick Sharkey, Jonathan Mummolo, Laurence Ralph, Maria Sviatschi). This position involves a variety of high-level research tasks, including programming, data science tasks, literature review, grant preparation, and writing.

This is a one year term, benefits-eligible position.

Responsibilities:

• Data science: Tasks include programming, data collection, and data analysis to support multiple projects of the faculty in the Criminal Justice @ SPIA initiative, using tools such as R and Stata.
• Research and writing: Conduct literature reviews and contribute writing to reports and articles for faculty members.
• Grants: Assist with grant proposal preparation and submission. For grants that have been awarded, assist with preparing reports.
• Perform other research tasks and research coordination as needed

Essential Qualifications:

• PhD
• Programming in R and Stata
• Data analysis and methods of causal inference
• Skills in conducting literature reviews and academic writing

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with grant proposal preparation

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