Hiring: Research Assistant/Research Fellow in Data Science for Governance and Public Policy

We are interested in building a collaborative team to lead research in this emerging field whilst also supporting the coordination and management of our two main projects – Data for Policy conference series and the Data & Policy journal.

The primary purpose of this post will be to research, monitor and report on the evolution of an emerging field using data science for policy and public good, with the aim of growing the conference and publications in the journal.

The post holder will support the Data for Policy project activities based at UCL Computer Science.  Depending on their experience and appointment level (planned at Grade 6B or 7), they will be expected to conduct and/or contribute to group research efforts, help with the editorial responsibilities of the Data & Policy journal and the organisation of the annual Data for Policy conferences.

The funding for this post is for 12 months in the first instance.

For further information and to apply for the vacancy please click ‘Apply now’ in the following link.