Convocatoria: 4 postdoctoral Research Positions – Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB) (Plazo: 13 de septiembre de 2024)

4 postdoctoral Research Positions – Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Organismo: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (UAB)

Requisitos: 

Puestos senior: requirements (skills/languages/required experience) (E = essential, D = desirable) 

• Hold a PhD in a relevant field (such as Social Policy, Demography, Sociology, Political Science or a related discipline within the Social Sciences) by the start date of the post. (E) 
• Knowledge and experience of applying (advanced) quantitative methods in social science research, drawing on statistical programmes such as STATA, R and SPSS. (E) 
• Demonstratable research autonomy and leadership through high-quality, independent academic research. (E) 
• Familiarity and experience with cross-national datasets with complex designs such as EU-SILC and LIS. (D) 
• Familiarity with live debates within poverty analysis and/or comparative social policy. (D) 
• Familiarity with live debates surrounding the measurement of poverty and living standards.(D) 
• Knowledge and experience of calculating total survey error and/or multiple imputation. (D) 
• Knowledge and experience of fuzzy (set) qualitative comparative analysis. (D) 
• Knowledge and experience applying longitudinal analysis techniques to surveys with complex designs. (D) 
• Demonstrated ability to produce academic articles for publication in high-impact journals.(D) 
• Ability to work independently, use your initiative and collaborate effectively as part of a larger project team. (E) 
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills to be able to complete tasks in a timely manner. (E)
• Excellent written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. (E) 
• An excellent command of English to write for academic publication and collaborate with wider project team. (E) 

Puestos junior: equirements (skills/languages/required experience) (E = essential, D = desirable) 

• Hold a PhD in a relevant field (such as Social Policy, Demography, Sociology, Political Science or a related discipline within the Social Sciences) by the start date of the post. (E) 
• Knowledge and experience of applying (advanced) quantitative methods in social science research, drawing on statistical programmes such as STATA, R and SPSS. (E) 
• Experience in handling data, especially data wrangling and merging datasets.(E) 
• Experience of collecting and synthesising information from multiple data sources across European countries. (D) • Familiarity and experience with cross-national datasets such as EU-SILC and LIS. (D) 
• Familiarity with live debates within poverty analysis and/or comparative social policy. (D) 
• Familiarity with live debates surrounding the measurement of poverty and living standards.(D) 
• Familiarity with open science research processes (e.g., writing and reviewing code for storage in public repositories, etc.). (D) 
• Ability to work independently, use your initiative and collaborate effectively as part of a larger project team. (E) 
• Excellent organisation and time-management skills to be able to complete tasks in a timely manner. (E) 
• Excellent written communication, presentation and interpersonal skills. (E) 
• An excellent command of English to collaborate with wider project team. (E) 
• Proficiency in any of the following languages is welcome: French, Greek, Finnish, Swedish, Hungarian, Italian or Portuguese (D) 
• Demonstrated ability to disseminate research findings to academic and non-academic audiences. (D)

Solicitudes: 

A través de la siguiente web: https://seleccio.uab.cat/convocatoriesupac/login/auth  (es necesario crear un usuario)

Comentarios: 

Applications are invited for postdoctoral researchers to work on a 5-year project ‘Who Counts? Incorporating a ‘missing minority’ to re-examine the profile, drivers and depth of poverty across Europe’. Funded by the European Research Council, WHOCOUNTS aims toimprove understanding of the nature and prevalence of poverty across Europe. The successful candidates will work in collaboration with the PI (Dr Daniel Edmiston) and the postdoctoral research team (Dr Joaquín Alcañiz Colomer and Dr Laman Orujova) to develop and analyse new datasets on a non-trivial minority of the European population that are currently ‘missing’ from income surveys used to construct official statistics on poverty and disadvantage. Specifically, the two postdoctoral researchers will: – Contribute towards the development of new datasets on the living standards of the non-private-household population across selected European countries. – Undertake data imputation to improve the accuracy of poverty estimates and better understand the changing extent, profile and depth of poverty. – Draw on adjusted and unadjusted datasets to examine poverty trends, profiles and determinants. – Identify conceptual, methodological and policy lessons emerging from empirical analysis. – Collaborate with the rest of the project team on research and dissemination activities. – Co-author research outputs and present at academic events (domestic and international). – Carry out any additional academic or administrative duties associated with the project, including liaison with the international advisory board. – Support the organisation of academic events and seminars during the project. The project will be carried out at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) – the top University in Spain according to the QS World Rankings 2023 – which offers excellent facilities and opportunities for career development. You will be based in the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology and affiliated to the Institute of Government and Public Policy (IGOP). The successful candidates will preferably start between October and December 2024

Plazo de presentación: Hasta 13/09/2024 (Susceptible a error de cálculo, comprobar siempre)

Bases: 

2 senior postdoctoral researchers: 

• https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/256810 
• https://tauler.seu.cat/pagDetall.do?idEdicte=511008&idens=11 

2 junior postdoctoral researchers:  

• https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/256800 
• https://tauler.seu.cat/pagDetall.do?idEdicte=510956&idens=11 

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