Research Specialist

2 months ago

Princeton, New Jersey, United States Princeton University Full time

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 hours per week).

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

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.

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90 days

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2/28/2025

1-year term position

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