Department of Peace and Conflict Research

The Department of Peace and Conflict Research was established in 1971 to conduct peace  research and offer Courses in peace and conflict studies. Currently approx. 70 persons are employed at the Department and at present some 300-400 students are enrolled every academic year. Courses offered include undergraduate and post-graduate courses, as well as a Ph. D. programme. For more information, visit http://www.pcr.uu.se.

For the Department and for the ViEWS project (http://pcr.uu.se/research/views/), we are now looking for a research assistant, for a full time, temporary position during 12 months.

Duties:

The tasks include collection of data, including processing and transforming data by means of programming tools, routine administrative/project management tasks and writing assignments. The research assistant will work with an ongoing country-expert survey with several tasks concerning data analysis and updating an online questionnaire, as well as conduct interviews with country-experts. The research assistant will report to the project leader, and work closely with research assistants and researchers within ViEWS as well as with the UCDP.

Requirements:

  • Master degree in Peace and Conflict research
  • Knowledge of software such as R, latex, github
  • Knowledge of advanced statistical and machine-learning methods
  • Experience with programming in R and Python in unix environments
  • Excellent proficiency in English (reading and writing)
  • Experience with writing concise and informative literature reviews, with high standards for detailed documentation and attribution of sources
  • Attention to detail and exactness, analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Good interpersonal abilities

Additional qualifications:

  • Fieldwork experience and/or knowledge of survey methods are merited skills.
  • Previous work experience with research projects within the fields of peace and conflict research and with programming is meritorious.

Uppsala University strives to be an inclusive workplace that promotes equal opportunities and attracts qualified candidates who can contribute to the University’s excellence and diversity. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and from people of all backgrounds.

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.

Starting date: 2019-01-01 or as otherwise agreed.

Type of position: Temporary position (100%), ending 2019-12-31.

For further information about the position please contact
Håvard Hegre (havard.hegre@pcr.uu.se)

Please submit your application by 16 November 2018, UFV-PA 2018/3566.

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Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full time
First day of employment 2019-01-01
Salary Fixed salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 100%
City Uppsala
County Uppsala län
Country Sweden
Reference number UFV-PA 2018/3566
Union representative
  • Per Sundman, Saco-rådet, 018-471 1485
  • Suzanne Borén Andersson, TCO/ST, 018-471 6251
  • Ellena Papaioannou, Seko, 018-471 3315
Published 02.Nov.2018
Last application date 16.Nov.2018 11:59 PM CET

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