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Location

Princeton, NJ | United States

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Job description

Research Specialist


US-NJ-Princeton



Job ID: 2024-18352

Type: Part-Time

# of Openings: 1

Category: Research and Laboratory


Princeton University



Overview

The Research Specialist, who will work with Professors John Londregan and Noel Foster, will be asked to participate in projects that examine mainland Chinese influence in Taiwan, especially through news media and online platforms.

The Research Specialist will work on a variety of projects, which may include research on political and voting behavior, as well as broader questions surrounding the study of political communication and media consumption. The senior research specialist will be responsible for managing large-scale textual, survey, and experimental datasets and data analysis (including but not limited to the use of quantitative text analysis and/or natural language processing).

The Research Specialist will have the opportunity to attend research seminars and engage with graduate students and researchers.

This is a one-year term, part-time position (26.50 hours per week).

Responsibilities

• Data collection and cleaning
• Hand-coding of text data
• Data analysis

Qualifications

Essential Qualifications

• Applicant must be a PhD candidate in a political science, public policy, communications, or a related field.
• The successful candidate must have strong background in quantitative research, particularly in text analysis and/or natural language processing, knowledge of research on political communication, and regional knowledge of Taiwan and the Greater China region.
• The candidate must be a native or near-native user of Simplified and Traditional Chinese and a native or near-native speaker of Mandarin Chinese.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong data skills, including programming in statistical packages like R and Python, and experience compiling and manipulating large textual datasets and survey experimental datasets are highly desirable.
• Working knowledge of Taiwanese Hokkien would be a distinct advantage.
• The candidate should also be well-organized, self-directed, flexible, attentive to detail, and responsive to deadlines in a timely fashion.

Princeton University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS

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About Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.

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