Part-time Research Technician in the Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Socio-Demography Research Group
hace 5 días
Task description:
We seek a part-time research technician with expertise in statistics and network science in the context of public health. The technician will work on research on networks related to human-mosquito interaction, vector mosquito populations, and mosquito-borne disease. The research technician will carry out original research on the networks through which mosquito-borne diseases pass, including questions related to degree distributions, heterogeneity, sampling, and inference.
Institution funding the contract, title and reference of the project Organization: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) at the Department of Political and Social Sciences (Socio-Demography Research Group)
Funding projects:
Infectious Disease decision-support tools and Alert systems to build climate Resilience to emerging health Threats- IDAlert (HORIZON-HLTH-2021-ENVHLTH-02-03), Grant agreement ; Eco-Epidemiological Intelligence for early Warning and response to mosquito-borne disease risk in Endemic and Emergence settings - E4Warning (HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-09), Grant agreement ; Human-Mosquito Interaction Project – H-MIP (ERC-2019-STG) Grant agreement 853271; Translating Science into Policy: A Multisectoral Approach to Adaptation and Mitigation of Adverse Effects of Vector-Borne Diseases, Environmental Pollution and Climate Change on Planetary Health- PLANET4Health (Horizon Europe , Grant agreement
Research Line: "The growth of mosquito-borne diseases in interurban environments."
Website:
Address: Ramon Trias Fargas 25 Barcelona 08005
Country: Spain City: Barcelona Province: Barcelona
Additional comment: Universitat Pompeu Fabra is a small, research-oriented university located in the center of Barcelona, with a highly international faculty and student body.
Terms and conditions of the contract
Salary aprox. (gross ,04 euros/year
Job Location: Barcelona, Spain.
Type of Contract – Contract for carrying out activities related to the research line of the Socio Demographic Research Group, affiliated with the Department of Political and Social Sciences. Indefinite according to the provisions of article 23 bis of the Llei 14/2011, from the 1st of June, of science, technology, and innovation.
Part-time (25h/w). This position has an initial duration of 1 year, with the possibility of extension depending on the needs of the projects.
Requirements to be fulfilled by the candidates:
General:
Hold a master's degree.
Specific qualifications:
1. Master's degree in statistics
At least 3 years of experience with carrying out academic research related to statistics and networks in the context of mosquito-borne disease;
Experience with writing articles for publication in academic journals and presenting research at academic conferences related to networks.
Expertise in network analysis using R and Python.
Fluency in English.
These participation requirements must be fulfilled on the first day of the deadline for submitting applications, must be able to be accredited at any time during the selection process and must continue to be fulfilled on the date of signing the contract.
Additional qualifications (Note: candidates will be given preference based on these qualifications)
Expertise in LaTeX.
Excellent writing skills.
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