Research assistant for the Communication Networks & Social Change research group (Temporary)

12 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Department

Research Institute IN3

Research Field

All

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Spain

Application Deadline

28 May 2023 - 23:59 (Europe/Brussels)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Part-time

Hours Per Week

20

Offer Starting Date

1 Jun 2023

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

We are seeking to recruit a Research Assistant for three projects that are carried out within the Communication Networks & Social Change (CNSC) research group of the University's IN3: DISSIMILAR, DEMOC2023 and SGR-Cat-2021, who will contribute to the tasks of group research.

Functions:

-Contribution to CNSC group projects and publications

-Detection of subsidies and calls for funding and preparation of calendar

-Contribute to the writing and presentation of competitive projects and the preparation of research reports and reports

-Collection of data and elaboration of BBDD

-Data analysis, use of statistical techniques and packages such as R, STATA

-Elaboration of questionnaires for surveys

-Conducting in-depth interviews, participant observation and other qualitative methodology activities

- Contribution to research articles in English

-Organization of presentations and conferences

- Maintenance, updating and creation of content for websites and Twitter

-Zotero and Mendeley bibliographic management

 

Requirements

Research Field

All

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Master's or Doctorate in Sociology, Political Science, Political Communication, Economics, Philosophy or other areas of the social sciences.

Master's or Doctorate in Computer Science, Data Science, Social Computing Science, which are related to social and political aspects.

With a Doctorate or not and a Master's degree and research experience (more than 5 years)

Quantitative and qualitative social research techniques

Bibliographic management

Good level of Catalan, Spanish and English

Office software: Excel, Word, PPT...

Wordpress and social networks

Experience in scientific writing and reports

Know how to make presentations in public

Languages

CATALAN

Level

Good

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Languages

SPANISH

Level

Good

Research Field

All

Years of Research Experience

4 - 10

Additional Information
Benefits

24 working days of holidays + 9 days of conciliation, flexibility in working hours, eWork

Eligibility criteria

We also value...

Research interest and experience in CNSC fields of study: participatory platforms, participatory budgeting, data fiction, Aging, digital divide, algorithmic consciousness, Artificial Intelligence (AI), technopolitics, social networks, democratic innovations, digitization of political parties and online deliberation.

Having collaborated with research groups on projects and publications

Knowledge of social media analytics (Gephi, Phyton, etc.)

Additional comments

DIFFERENT: Contract funded by the State Research Agency (PCI2020-120689-2 / AEI / 10.13039/501100011033)

DEMOC: Contract in charge of the project 'Citizen Evaluation of participatory budgets in Catalonia: satisfaction, problems and effects on political trust and legitimacy.' of the call 'Subsidies for research projects in the field of democratic quality', with external reference EXI/100/22/000007.

SGR: Contract in charge of the Communication Networks & Social Change project - SGR with external reference 2021 SGR 01397, from the call Aids to support the scientific activity of research groups in Catalonia (SGR-Cat 2021), financed by the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat of Catalonia.

Website for additional job details

https://selection.uoc.edu/web/offersjob/offerdetails.aspx?offerID=E4B6F7C117004…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

Country

Spain

State/Province

Catalonia

City

Barcelona

Postal Code

08018

Street

Rbla. del Poblenou, 156

Where to apply

Website

https://selection.uoc.edu/web/offersjob/offerdetails.aspx?offerID=E4B6F7C117004…

Contact

State/Province

Catalonia

City

Barcelona

Website

http://www.uoc.edu/rrhh/servlet/rrhh.servlet.home?idioma=esp

Street

Av.Tibidabo, 39-4308035 BarcelonaSPAIN

Postal Code

08035

STATUS: EXPIRED