Research Associate 16

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students.  Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

Research Associate 16

Competitive salary commensurate with relevant experience.

The Research Associate will join the Social Influence and Social Change Lab, which explores research questions related to social norms, collective action, conformity to social change, and how we perceive and misperceive “social reality”. The lab’s mission is to conduct research that is both theoretically novel and informs or develops interventions to address ongoing social problems related to the environment and climate change, social inequity, and public health.

The Research Associate will primarily coordinate research and resources in the lab to aid in the lab’s day-to-day affairs. The Research Associate will help manage Research Assistants in the lab. The Research Associate will also help develop and lead some novel research projects as well as participate in ongoing projects, with opportunities to publish research in academic journals.

Requirements

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on your job classification eligibility:

• Tuition remission for Employees
• Tuition remission for Spouses and Children who meet eligibility requirements
• Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Low-Cost Life Insurance
• Eligibility for both University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans
• Paid Holidays Annually
• Generous Sick and Vacation Pay
• Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks as part of the hiring process.

Boston College is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. In concert with our Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications for women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about how BC supports diversity and inclusion throughout the university please visit the Office for Institutional Diversity at https://www.bc.edu/diversity .

Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination .