Research Assistant – Finance AI, Data & Growth (Part-Time)

1000scholars; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 34,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Leicester invites applications for a part-time Research Assistant within the Centre for Finance, Governance and Sustainable Growth. You will support a project on Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Organisational Transformation and Labour Market Change and contribute to journal articles, technical papers and book chapters.

The role requires a second-year PhD student with a Master's qualification, strong econometric skills, and programming ability in STATA, Python, R or Matlab.

Qualifications

• At least a second-year PhD student in finance, economics or a related subject.
• Master's qualification required.

Responsibilities

• Support the research project with data acquisition, evaluation and interpretation.
• Contribute to high-quality analysis and development/application of research methods.
• Assist in data collection, storage, cleaning and literature searches; disseminate findings.

Skills

Econometrics skills

Research experience

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

PhD candidate

Master's degree

Tools

STATA

Python

R

MATLAB

Job description

University of Leicester invites applications for a part-time Research Assistant within the Centre for Finance, Governance and Sustainable Growth. You will support a project on Artificial Intelligence Adoption, Organisational Transformation and Labour Market Change and contribute to journal articles, technical papers and book chapters.

The role requires a second-year PhD student with a Master's qualification, strong econometric skills, and programming ability in STATA, Python, R or Matlab.