Research Professional - Energy Policy Fellow (Benefits Eligible)

University of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) invites applications for a Research Professional to support Koichiro Ito in evaluating energy and environmental policies across multiple countries. Responsibilities include data collection, cleaning, statistical analyses, simulations, and preparing manuscripts and presentations.

The role offers a bridge to graduate studies, with opportunities to attend EPIC, the University of Chicago, and affiliate seminars; many alumni advance to top

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
• Experience with Stata, Python, Matlab, and/or R.
• 3 months to one year of work experience in a related job discipline.
• Experience in econometrics.
• Advanced coursework in Economics or Mathematics.
• Familiarity with analyzing large data sets and econometrics methods.
• Knowledge of machine learning techniques in data analysis.
• Familiarity with statistical analysis packages such as Stata, R, or Python.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Cleans and analyzes data.
• Writes or finalizes replicable data files or scripts for publication.
• Ensures compliance of research activities with regulations and procedures; analyzes possible solutions.
• Assists with writing data analysis plans and study registration documents.
• Supports field experiments, including survey design and data quality monitoring.
• Assist with drafting grant and policy reports and presenting research findings.
• Transcribes and codes data; develops data collection instruments; presents research; recruits and schedules research subjects.
• Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
• Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens; conducts literature reviews; prepares reports and manuscripts.
• Performs other related work as needed.

Skills

Stata

Python

Matlab

R

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

The University of Chicago Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) invites applications for a Research Professional to support Koichiro Ito in evaluating energy and environmental policies across multiple countries. Responsibilities include data collection, cleaning, statistical analyses, simulations, and preparing manuscripts and presentations.

The role offers a bridge to graduate studies, with opportunities to attend EPIC, the University of Chicago, and affiliate seminars; many alumni advance to top