Research Assistant – Social Data, Surveys & Experiments

Universitat de Barcelona; España; On-site; EUR 19,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Universitat de Barcelona is seeking a First Stage Researcher (R1) in Political Sciences to support research activities, including questionnaire management, data collection, and analysis of social networks and online behavior.

The role covers experimental work, causal inference, and modeling of relationships among variables of theoretical interest. The gross salary is 20,034.28 € per year, with a 14‑month contract renewable up to 31/12/2027 and a 20-hour workweek.

Qualifications

• Experience in using R or Python for data analysis.
• Training in quantitative methods applied to social sciences, statistics, and experiments.

Responsibilities

• Manage and assist research with questionnaires for surveys.
• Collect and analyze data on social networks and online browsing.
• Assist in field experiments.
• Analyze causal inference and modelling relationships between variables.

Skills

R

Python

Quantitative methods

Statistics

Experiments

Tools

R

Python

Job description

Universitat de Barcelona is seeking a First Stage Researcher (R1) in Political Sciences to support research activities, including questionnaire management, data collection, and analysis of social networks and online behavior.

The role covers experimental work, causal inference, and modeling of relationships among variables of theoretical interest. The gross salary is 20,034.28 € per year, with a 14‑month contract renewable up to 31/12/2027 and a 20-hour workweek.