Research Associate/Senior Research Assistant

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN is seeking a Research Associate to join an interdisciplinary team based at the university in Singapore. You will support the medical anthropologist and collaborate with microbiologists, wildlife specialists, data modellers, and social scientists across institutions.

The role emphasizes designing and conducting qualitative interviews and applying qualitative social science methods to study human activities and zoonotic disease exposure risks in

Qualifications

• Academic training in anthropology or sociology or related discipline.
• Experience in designing and conducting qualitative interviews.
• Experience applying qualitative social science methods.

Responsibilities

• Support interdisciplinary research team at SUTD on One Health social sciences.
• Contribute to advancing understanding of links between human activity, wildlife, and zoonotic disease risk.

Skills

Qualitative interviews

Qualitative social science methods

Quantitative surveys design/analysis

Journal articles contribution

Education

Anthropology or Sociology background

Job description

About the Job

Join an interdisciplinary research team investigating the human activities that create exposure risks for zoonotic disease spillover from wild mammals in Singapore. Funded by a Biosurveillance Research Grant from the National Parks Board, this role will support Associate Professor Lyle Fearnley, a medical anthropologist, in advancing research at the intersection of social science, public health, wildlife, and environmental change.

What You'll Do

The Research Associate will be based at SUTD and will work closely with a highly interdisciplinary research team. The team includes microbiologists, wildlife specialists, data modellers, and social scientists from SUTD, NTU’s Asian School of the Environment, and the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering.

This is an opportunity to contribute to pioneering research in the One Health social sciences and to help advance understanding of the links between human activity, wildlife, and zoonotic disease risk in Singapore.

Who We're Looking For

The Research Associate, or Senior Research Assistant, should have academic training in anthropology, sociology, or a related discipline. The candidate must demonstrate experience and proven ability in designing and conducting qualitative interviews, as well as applying other qualitative social science research methods.

• Familiarity with designing and analyzing quantitative surveys
• Experience contributing to journal articles in the social sciences or interdisciplinary fields
• Interest in wildlife, anthropogenic environmental change, or One Health issues