Research Assistant in Politics (with Polish/Romanian Language Expertise)

Interview Date: TBC

Part Time: 18.25 hours per week (50% FTE)

The post is funded for one year in the first instance. 

The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/ ) is seeking to appoint two part-time Research Assistants with Polish or Romanian language expertise to work on the project

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ssees/news/2021/jul/joint-ps1-million-research-grant-norwegian-research-council : Party Instability in Parliaments funded by the Norwegian Research Council. This is an excellent opportunity to work with an international team of three renowned experts of party politics: Raimondas Ibenskas (lead investigator, University of Bergen), Sona Golder (Penn State University, PSU) and Allan Sikk (UCL SSEES). The Research Assistants will help the team with database creation and data collection on Romania and Italy, or Poland and collaborate with the team on research.

We are looking for applicants with a Master’s degree in political science or related disciplines, especially (part time) PhD students. You will need some experience with social science research, data collection or analysis, and Excel skills (R desirable). Bulk of the work can be done remotely, but you are expected to visit UCL SSEES regularly. Note that if you are coming to the UK from abroad and are fully vaccinated, you would not need to self-isolate on your arrival.

Applicants should apply online. To access further details about the position and how to apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button above.

For queries about the post, please contact Allan Sikk on [email protected]

For queries about the application process, please contact Shevanese Anderson on [email protected]

Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59.

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