Research Assistant — Digitalisation & Politics in Africa

Aarhus University; Aarhus; Hybrid; DKK 300,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for a 1-year Research Assistant position in the project “Digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa”. The role involves survey administration, data validation, analysis and dissemination, and desk research, working with the PI and collaborating partners in Ghana and Malawi.

Start date preferably 1 February 2027, with flexibility.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree completed by start date.
• Knowledge of research design in quantitative social sciences.
• Advanced skills in R for data wrangling, visualization and analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English.

Responsibilities

• Survey administration: liaising with survey providers and partners in Ghana and Malawi.
• Data validation: cleaning and validating data, including checks and codebooks.
• Analysis and dissemination: prepare results for conference presentations, policy briefs and papers.
• Desk research: literature reviews and examination of publicly available data.

Skills

Research design

R programming

English proficiency

Survey programming

Education

Master's degree

Tools

R

Job description

The Department of Political Science at Aarhus University invites applications for a 1-year Research Assistant position in the project “Digitalisation and political behaviour in Africa”. The role involves survey administration, data validation, analysis and dissemination, and desk research, working with the PI and collaborating partners in Ghana and Malawi.

Start date preferably 1 February 2027, with flexibility.