Research Scientist — Built Environment & Health AI

Singapore Management University; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Singapore Management University’s SMU Urban Institute seeks researchers to advance interdisciplinary work on Asian cities. You will conduct literature reviews, synthesize evidence, and help develop indicators linking environment, behaviour, and health.

The role spans data structuring, coding, and dissemination in top journals. Collaborating with urban studies, public health, psychology, and computation, you will produce GitHub-ready code, support grant proposals, and contribute to high-impact

Qualifications

• PhD in Mathematics, Statistics, CS, Environmental Health, Built Environment or related fields.
• Experience with AI and Generative AI (LLMs) and programming.
• Experience with systematic, scoping, umbrella, or meta review methods.
• Ability to integrate evidence from diverse sources and methods.
• Ability to work independently and translate findings into a peer‑reviewed article.

Responsibilities

• Conduct literature reviews and evidence synthesis on the relationships between the built environment, behaviour, and health outcomes.
• Support identification, development, and prioritisation of indicators capturing mental wellbeing, perceived environment quality, behaviour, and related outcomes.
• Interact with team members to coordinate the input data structure.
• Carry out WP III (Consolidation and Evidence Synthesis) activities, ensuring deliverables meet deadlines and quality standards.
• Support other pillars of BE-H project, including technology integration for monitoring and prevention.
• Collaborate with project team and external partners across urban studies, public health, psychology, and computational methods.
• Develop GitHub-ready code with clear documentation.
• Contribute to the preparation of papers for submission to journals and conferences.
• Contribute to grant proposals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence

Generative AI (LLMs)

Programming

Knowledge-base systems

Education

PhD in Mathematics/Statistics/CS/Environmental Health/Built Environment

Tools

GitHub

Job description

Singapore Management University’s SMU Urban Institute seeks researchers to advance interdisciplinary work on Asian cities. You will conduct literature reviews, synthesize evidence, and help develop indicators linking environment, behaviour, and health.

The role spans data structuring, coding, and dissemination in top journals. Collaborating with urban studies, public health, psychology, and computation, you will produce GitHub-ready code, support grant proposals, and contribute to high-impact