Research Project Specialist

University of Kansas, United States

Updated: 24 days ago
Location: Lawrence, KANSAS

Details

Posted: 20-May-24

Location: Lawrence, Kansas

Type: Full-time

Salary: Open

Categories:


Staff/Administrative

Internal Number: 4941772


The Institute for Policy & Social Research (IPSR) is a designated research center for the social sciences, supporting social science researchers at the University of Kansas. IPSR supports faculty-led research centers, their directors, and a network of more than 100 affiliates, and staff.
The Trade War Lab (TWL) is a social science lab, partially funded by a grant from the Minerva Research Initiative and supported by IPSR, dedicated to dual-mission:

  • Understand the US-China Trade War and its impact on heartland communities through a bottom up, data-driven, firm-centric approach.
  • Empower policy-relevant academic research by teams of undergraduate and graduate students through collaboration and mentoring.
    • The position is housed within the Trade War Lab in the Institute for Policy & Social Research. The position reports to the Director of the Trade War Lab. The Lab Manager will provide research support to the director and manage a large team of undergraduate research assistants and interns. The primary responsibilities are to manage budget and hiring, manage daily staff workload, assist team(s) with implementation of projects and research on economic sanctions. Activities also include organizing meetings, speaker series events, and other activities in collaboration with campus partners, as well as grant writing support, administrative procedures, and grant reporting.
    This position is contingent on funding with current funding available for 9 months with possible extension should additional funding become available.

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