Research Assistant - Statistical Programming and Literature Review (Human-AI Interaction)

National University of Singapore, Singapore

Updated: 3 days ago

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Research Assistant – Statistical Programming and Literature Review

The Faculty of Arts and Social Science (FASS), the Centre for Biomedical Ethics (CBME), and the NUS Business School (BIZ) are recruiting a research assistant (RA). The RA will be engaged in two research projects on human interactions with and responses to artificial intelligence (AI).

  • (FASS/CBME) Under the grant “DebiasSING: Finding and Fixing Biases in the Human-AI Complex”, the co-PIs aim to address biases in large language models and its interaction with potentially biased human users, which is an urgent and dynamic policy challenge. The study will involve conducting evaluations of different large language models, as well as survey experiments of humans using large language models, in Singapore and elsewhere. (More details of the grant can be found here: https://www.ssrc.edu.sg/projects/thematic-grant/lorenz2025/ )
  • (BIZ) Under Dr Lee Kwok Hao’s startup grant, the co-PI(s) plan to examine emerging issues at the intersection of algorithmic guidance and management. These issues have become more pressing as generative AI offers potential productivity gains while also making it easier to conceal effort. A first study examines managerial evaluations and deskilling through experiments involving large language models and human participants. It investigates when managers prioritise tasks that are difficult for AI to replicate, such as mentorship and coaching, and when they delegate the evaluation of their subordinates entirely to AI.

    • This is a full-time position based in Singapore, working on the Kent Ridge campus with Dr Yeo Shang Long (Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Department of Philosophy), Dr Lee Kwok Hao (Department of Strategy and Policy, NUS Business School) and with another member of the Department of Economics (potentially Prof Lorenz Goette or Prof Jessica Pan). The position will be for one year starting 10 Aug 2026, or as soon as possible.

    Duties may include, but are not limited to: 1) Providing programming support for research projects (particularly coding surveys and potentially LLM apps), 2) Conducting statistical and econometric analyses of human and machine behaviour, 3) Conducting literature reviews (of AI biases and behaviour, of human-AI interaction, of AI and healthcare), 4) Contributing to research manuscripts, reports, and dissemination of findings.


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