A Research Assistant to run the Behavioral Lab

IESE Business School; Barcelona; Presencial; EUR 19.000 - 22.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

IESE Business School seeks a motivated researcher to oversee daily studies in its Behavioral Lab, scheduling online and in-lab experiments and building participant pools. You’ll work with faculty and PhD students across departments and assist in AI-enhanced research methods.

Requirements include Spanish work-permit, psychology or related degree, and strong English communication. This is a full-time position based in Barcelona with a one-year contract and potential extension.

Formación

• Work-permit in Spain.
• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in psychology, psychological research or related fields.
• Experience designing experimental behavioral research studies.
• Excellent organization and attention to detail.
• Excellent social and communication skills.
• Working knowledge of AI platforms like ChatGPT/Codex and Anthropic/Claude.
• Full fluency in English with excellent writing skills.

Responsabilidades

• Schedule and supervise the running of online and in-lab studies.
• Manage online survey panel deployment for researchers.
• Create and maintain a pool for lab-based and online studies, recruiting participants.
• Assist researchers with experiment design, data collection, and analysis.
• Submit and approve participants payment requests.
• Facilitate and coordinate day-to-day operations.
• Provide support to participants and researchers.
• Support professors in related experiment activities.
• Engage with AI agents to support academic research.

Conocimientos

Excellent social and communication

Organization and attention to detail

Fluency in English

Educación

Psychology or related field

Herramientas

AI platforms (ChatGPT/Codex, Anthropic/Claude)

Descripción del empleo

• Manage online survey panel deployment for researchers.

You Will Have Two Primary Responsibilities

• Your primary role will be to oversee the daily research being conducted in IESE's Behavioral Lab, including scheduling and running of online or in-lab studies. developing and maintaining the participant pool, programming surveys and experiments, completing Internal Review Board (IRB) submissions, etc.
• Work with faculty and PhD students from different departments within IESE Business School to conduct a diverse set of research studies. The research being conducted spans many topics, including decision-making, behavioral economics and finance, consumer and organizational behavior. You will be trained on the latest integration of AI in research methods and be expected to support faculty research using AI.

You will report to the Academic Lab Director and the Research Centers and Activities Director.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and supervise the running of online and in-lab studies.
• Manage online survey panel deployment for researchers.
• Create and maintain a pool for lab-based and online studies (posting and approving studies, recruiting participants, ...)
• Assist researchers with experiment design, data collection, and analysis
• Submit and approve participants payment requests
• Facilitate and coordinate the day-to-day operations
• Provide support to participants and researchers
• Provide support in other activities of professors (related to experiments)
• Engage with AI agents to support academic research

Requirements

• Work-permit in Spain
• Undergraduate or post-graduate degree in psychology, psychological research or related fields, such as consumer behavior, organizational behavior, statistics, economics, or other scientific methodology
• Experience designing experimental behavioral research studies
• Very good organization and attention to detail
• Excellent social and communication skills
• Working knowledge of AI platforms like ChatGPT/Codex and Anthropic/Claude
• Full fluency in English at a native level or equivalent. Excellent English writing skills.

Conditions

Full-time position

1830 euros / months before tax

Start date

ASAP

End date

1 year with the possibility of extending.