Part time research assistant Economia Aplicada i Mètodes Quantitatius-UPF

European Commission; Gijón; Presencial; EUR 37.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

The European Commission is seeking a Research Assistant for a project focusing on colonization and state capacity. The position involves statistical analysis, maintaining data pipelines, and creating complex data analysis frameworks, critical for the project's success. Candidates should hold a Bachelor's degree in Economics or equivalent and possess a solid background in data analysis and econometrics.

Formación

• Research experience in Applied Economics is essential.
• Proficiency in econometrics and statistical analysis required.
• Ability to work with machine learning models and data pipelines is a plus.

Responsabilidades

• Support tasks in information processing and statistical analysis.
• Maintain and improve data pipelines for analytics.
• Create data processing pipelines for textual data.

Conocimientos

Statistical analysis

Machine learning

Data cleaning

Data transformation

Data visualization

Educación

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Descripción del empleo

Organisation / Company UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA Department Department of Economics and Business Research Field Economics » Applied economics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Country Spain Application Deadline 5 Jun 2025 - 23 : 59 (UTC) Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Part-time Hours Per Week 7,5 Offer Starting Date 1 Jul 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - ERC Reference Number 101055142 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Professor Marta Reynal-Querol is searching for a research assistant under her project EC-Heu-ERC-AdG_101055142-ORIG_STATE, EU-Horizon Europe and the European Research Council entitled "Colonization, Early Institutions and the Origin of State Capacity and Democratization".

Support tasks in the processing of information and statistical data as well as the performance of statistical analysis (econometrics) and machine learning.

1. Maintaining and improving already existing data pipelines and creating new ones in the field of facial image analytics. Tasks include data cleaning and data transforming, data visualization, training and testing machine learning models and preparing results to be used for further analysis.

2. Creating a complex data processing pipeline for textual data. Tasks include data cleaning, named entity recognition, preparing an entity graph and performing further analysis from the compiled data structure.

3. Creating data analysis pipelines for econometric analysis on disaggregated bank account data. Tasks include data cleaning, data transformation, descriptive and multivariate econometric analysis.

Where to apply

E-mail

Requirements

Research Field Economics » Applied economics Education Level Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills / Qualifications

Research Field Economics » Applied economics

Additional Information

Planned remuneration :

Import brut anual a full-time : 36.886,22 €

Group and level : Grup 2

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Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria : Selection process

Candidates must submit the following documentation to the email (referència / reference : ECON-PSR-INDF-2025-08)

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