Nuffield College CESS Research Position for International Students in UK 2015

Nuffield College CESS Research Position for International Students in UK 2015

The Nuffield College Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) is invited applications research position available to carried out a Google-funded research project. Position is available to scholars from any country who are advanced doctoral students or who have recently completed a doctorate. The post is a full-time appointment for a fixed term of one year, with the possibility of renewal. The starting date is a negotiable but preferably in early 2015 at the latest. The Research Officer’s salary will lie within the College’s Research Officer scale (currently £24,259 p.a. – £28,694 p.a.). The application deadline is 17 November, 2014.

• The Google-funded project focuses on developing innovative strategies for conducting experiments on the Internet.
• These strategies include experimental design, implementation, sampling strategies, real-time interactive experiments, collection and analysis of social media content, and statistical analysis methods.
   Position is open to carry out a research project.
• Scholarship Provider: Google Inc.

Eligibility: The position is open to scholars from any country who are advanced doctoral students or who have recently completed a doctorate. The college seeks a candidate with strong skills in experimental design, statistical analysis, design of online and social media experiments, and text analysis. Programming skills in the following systems are essential: Statistical Programming: R, Scripting Languages: Python (or other languages, PHP, Javascript, Perl) and Database Management: MySQL. Skills or experience in using the following systems would be an advantage: Crowd-computing (e.g. AWS), Big-data analysis, Natural language processing, Compiled language programming (e.g. Java, C++, C#) and Online panel management.

• This research position is open to scholars from any country.
• The Nuffield College Centre for Experimental Social Sciences (CESS) has received a Faculty Research Award from Google Inc. which provides funding for a fixed-term research project to be carried out by a candidate who has recently completed, or is close to completing, his or her doctorate. The Google-funded project focuses on developing innovative strategies for conducting experiments on the Internet. These strategies include experimental design, implementation, sampling strategies, real-time interactive experiments, collection and analysis of social media content, and statistical analysis methods. One component of the project will be an evaluation of the Google Consumer Survey as a tool for online experiments, and a comparison with other platforms such as crowd sourced subjects, opt-in online panels, and the online panel developed by CESS.
• The post is a full-time appointment for a fixed term of one year, with the possibility of renewal. Applications to hold the post on a part-time basis will also be considered. The starting date is a negotiable but preferably in early 2015 at the latest.
• The Research Officer’s salary will lie within the College’s Research Officer scale (currently £24,259 p.a. – £28,694 p.a.). The Research Officer will be entitled to a College office, free lunch and dinner, and two academic High Table guests per term at the expense of the College.
•  Interested candidates should send an application package via e-mail as .pdf attachments, to pprf-at-nuffield.ox.ac.uk. The application package should consist of:
• -a curriculum vitae including the names postal and e-mail addresses of two academic referees; and
  -a two-page description of your research training and experience and how these meet the requirements of the position
  Please ask at least two referees to send references directly to the College Registrar (pprf-at-nuffield.ox.ac.uk), also to arrive by deadline

The application deadline is 17 November 2014.

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