Research Fellow, Built Environment & Behaviour

National University of Singapore; Singapore; On-site; SGD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

National University of Singapore invites applications for a Research Assistant (Built Environment & Behaviour) within NUS Cities. This role leads qualitative research across CA-ACM, integrating with quantitative and geospatial workstreams to understand how the built environment shapes daily life.

The successful candidate will apply qualitative methods, coordinate interdisciplinary teams, and contribute to policy-relevant outputs and academic presentations.

Qualifications

• Strong qualitative research experience with ability to plan, conduct, analyse, and communicate research involving human participants.
• Ability to understand and interpret quantitative, survey, geospatial, and activity-modelling findings.
• Experience in interdisciplinary research teams and collaboration with partners.
• Familiarity with Singapore’s built environment, communities, or public-sector context is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full qualitative research process, including study design, selection of qualitative and mixed methods, fieldwork, analysis, and interpretation.
• Apply knowledge of the built environment and human behaviour to develop and refine the evaluation framework for community assets and attractiveness.
• Lead qualitative studies and contribute to surveys to validate archetypes and activity chains from big-data modelling.
• Collaborate with researchers in geospatial analysis, urban analytics, and data science to align questions and synthesize findings.
• Publish research in academic journals and present at conferences; contribute to reports for policy and practitioners.
• Coordinate qualitative research activities, assist in project reporting and stakeholder engagement, and mentor team members as needed.

Skills

Qualitative research

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Academic writing

Data interpretation

Project coordination

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a relevant field

Tools

NVivo

Job description

National University of Singapore invites applications for a Research Assistant (Built Environment & Behaviour) within NUS Cities. This role leads qualitative research across CA-ACM, integrating with quantitative and geospatial workstreams to understand how the built environment shapes daily life.

The successful candidate will apply qualitative methods, coordinate interdisciplinary teams, and contribute to policy-relevant outputs and academic presentations.