Research Assistant (CAGE) (110512-0625)

University of Warwick; Coventry; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Join the University of Warwick as a Research Assistant at the CAGE centre in the Economics Department. This role involves supporting a research project on economic history, providing a great opportunity for practical experience and preparation for postgraduate studies. Ideal candidates will have a background in Economics and familiarity with data analysis tools like Stata or Python.

Benefits

Attractive pension scheme

26 days holiday plus Christmas closure

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Generous maternity/paternity leave policies

Qualifications

• Interest in economic history research.
• Collaborative and proactive.
• Completed Bachelor's degree by start date.

Responsibilities

• Assist with data construction, cleaning, and analysis.
• Conduct literature reviews and policy document analysis.
• Work closely with professors to disseminate findings.

Skills

Data analysis

Literature review

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree in Economics or related field

Tools

Stata

Python

Job description

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About The Role

For informal enquiries, please contact James Fenske (Professor) [e-mail]

CAGE is an established research centre based in the Department of Economics at the University of Warwick and has recently been awarded £7.1 million by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to continue its research programme for the next five years.

This Research Assistant (CAGE) position will assist Professors Bishnupriya Gupta and James Fenske in the successful execution of their economic history project, “Industrial Policy in India during the twentieth century”

The project seeks to use long data panels spanning the colonial and postcolonial periods to understand the effects and effectiveness of interventions in markets both in India and globally. It aims to assess how political risk, policies, unions, and other variables shaped firm choices and investments in the coal sector and how the economic elite evolved over the colonial period.

This job includes a variety of data analysis and dissemination tasks, which will provide excellent preparation for a postgraduate programme of study.

About You

We require an individual who has an interest in the research area, who is proactive and willing to work as part of a team. The Research Assistant will be expected to assist with the construction, cleaning, manipulating and analysis of historical data.

You will also conduct reviews of existing literature, datasets, and policy documents and work closely with Professors Bishnupriya Gupta and James Fenske throughout to disseminate project outcomes and draft presentations, reports, and academic papers.

You will have completed a bachelor’s degree in Economics or a related field by the start date. Good knowledge of Stata and/or Python is preferred.

For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

About The Department

The Department of Economics has become widely regarded as one of the top economics departments in the UK and Europe. We consistently rank highly in leading UK and international subject league tables and are currently ranked 1st in the Good University Guide 2024. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework, which assesses the quality of research in UK higher education institutions, 99% of the Department’s research was rated world-leading or internationally excellent, placing us 2nd in the UK for economics.

http://www.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/economics/

About The University

Born in the 60s with a mindset of boldness, imagination and collaboration, the University of Warwick is a world-leading research-intensive university with the highest academic and research standards. We’re one of the world’s top universities, ranked 67th in the world and 10th in the UK*, with 92% of our research assessed to be ‘world leading or internationally excellent’**.

You'll be joining a diverse, innovative and globally connected community committed to igniting real world progress. Here at Warwick, we offer you opportunities to follow your ambitions as long as you bring the energy and determination to succeed.

• QS World University Rankings 2024
• Research Excellence Framework 2021
  
  

To find out more about us visit our website.

How to Apply

CLOSING DATE: Sunday 29th June 2025 at 23:55 (BST)

To apply, please click ‘Apply’ below and submit an application form by the closing date.

Please plan for any potential delays as you will not be able to submit an application form past this deadline (even if you opened the form at, say, 23:30).

You will have to attach a CV and a cover letter.

• Your CV should include your employment history (including your most recent employment), your education history, and any other relevant experience.
• Your cover letter should explain your motivations for applying to the role. It should also explain, using examples, how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria detailed in the Job Description PDF document below. Please note that all essential criteria must be met by candidates who are invited to interview.
  
  

Please see here for guidance on writing a cover letter. We highly recommend using individual criteria as headers and explaining below, using examples, how you meet the criterion, though you are free to format the letter as you wish.

To streamline our hiring processes, we can only accept applications submitted via our official careers webpage, warwick-careers.tal.net.

Please note, shortlisted candidates will be sent a coding task the week commencing 14th July 2025.

• Interview Date: Week Commencing 14th July 2025 or Week Commencing 21st July 2025
• Desired Start Date: 1st October 2025 (flexible)
  
  

What we Offer

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, 26 days holiday plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.

We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpageshere.

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of theEUTOPIA European University Alliance.

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In line with the DBS Code of Practice, the successful candidates for any roles involving regulated activity, will be subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level. The University will take all necessary measures to ensure that any individual subject to a barring order does not undertake any work with the barred group specified (i.e. children and/or adults).

We expect all employees, volunteers, and partners to share our commitment to safeguarding.

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Job Description

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Right to Work in the UK

We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application.

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