Research Assistant: Digital Politics in Africa (Remote)

BSS PS Inst. for Statskundskab; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 320,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for a 1-year Research Assistant position to work with Assistant Professor Alex Yeandle on studies of digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa. You will plan and implement both streams and have opportunities to travel to Ghana and Malawi with possible co-authorship on outputs.

The working language is English, and there is a possibility of remote working arrangements for candidates unable to relocate to Denmark.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• Documented knowledge of research design in the quantitative social sciences (e.g. through coursework).
• Advanced skills in R, including data wrangling, visualisation, and analysis, as evidenced in prior work (e.g. Master's thesis, coursework).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Responsibilities

• Survey administration: liaising with survey providers and local partner organisations in Ghana and Malawi to facilitate data collection and implementation; testing survey instruments.
• Data validation: cleaning and validating data collected as part of the project, including technical checks, pre-testing, wrangling, and creating codebooks.
• Analysis and dissemination: preparing results for conference presentations, policy briefs, and research papers.
• Desk research: conducting preparatory background research, including literature reviews and examining publicly available data.

Skills

Quantitative research design knowledge

R data wrangling/visualisation/analys

English communication skills

Education

Master's degree in political science, economics, sociology, development studies, or related field

Job description

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for a 1-year Research Assistant position to work with Assistant Professor Alex Yeandle on studies of digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa. You will plan and implement both streams and have opportunities to travel to Ghana and Malawi with possible co-authorship on outputs.

The working language is English, and there is a possibility of remote working arrangements for candidates unable to relocate to Denmark.