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Salary:
£28,756 to £33,309
Closing Date:
Friday 31 December 2021
Interview Date:
To be confirmed
Reference:
A3606
We are looking for a motivated Research Associate with strong statistical skills to work on the project validating a novel measure of wonder in school children, teachers and school leaders. This post is full-time, with funding for up to a maximum of 6 months, to start as soon as possible. However, it may be possible to appoint a candidate to the post part-time, for a longer duration.
The successful candidate will be responsible for recruiting children aged 9-11, teachers and school leads from the database of local schools; carrying out data collection using online Qualtrics-based measures; cleaning, coding and analysing the data, as well as assisting with pre-registering the study and subsequently co-authoring a manuscript for publication. Strong data analysis skills, including proficiency in using RStudio, are required, and experience with questionnaire development and psychometrics research practices is highly desirable.
You will be based in the Psychology Department at Lancaster University, which is home to Undergraduate teaching, Postgraduate teaching and research. The Department has a core complement of more than 40 members of academic staff and a thriving community of post-doctoral researchers and PhD students, based in four research groups (Infancy and Early Development, Language and Cognition, Perception and Action, Social Processes).
The Department of Psychology holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award and is committed to Lancaster University’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion strategy and Widening Participation. We seek to provide a work environment that strongly supports women in academia and the individual needs of each employee, that promotes a healthy work-life balance, and we welcome applications from people in all diversity groups.
You will join us on an indefinite contract however, the role remains contingent on external funding which, at this time is for 6 months.
For further information about the Department please visit: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/psychology
Enquiries regarding this post should be directed to Dr Marina Bazhydai ([email protected]).
Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Services check.
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