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Research Fellow, Nanyang Business School

Employer
NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
Location
Singapore
Closing date
26 Jul 2020

Job Details

Nanyang Business School (NBS) is seeking an outstanding Research Fellow (Postdoc) candidate to join a high-profile research project on business opportunity identification and development. The researcher will be involved in driving a research study funded by the Social Science Research Thematic Grant from Singapore's Ministry of Education.

The study involves a multi-method approach to collect data from business owners in Singapore who wish to implement digitization in their products and service offerings, as well as their business models and customer access. The study includes randomized controlled field experiments, interviews, experience sampling, and surveys. The study brings together a multi-disciplinary research team interfacing across business, psychology, and entrepreneurship.

The position fully focuses on research with no expectation of teaching. The objective of this position is to enhance the researcher's skills and record for placement in a leading university or research laboratory at the end of the postdoctoral fellowship. The environment provides excellent opportunities for career development. 

Key Responsibilities include but not limited to the following:

The emphasis of this role will be to provide effective and efficient project management on this comprehensive research project, and to act as the first point of contact for research and administrative aspects of the project.

The RF will also be expected to provide research support in terms of the following:

  • Conduct literature review, scan and synthesize scholarly and academic research articles, prepare case studies, technical reports and research papers
  • Implement the data collection including the conduct of interviews, design and administration of surveys and randomized controlled field experiments
  • Enter, clean and analyze the collected data, and perform the appropriate statistical data analyses

Key Competencies and Qualification Requirements:

  • Applicants must have a PhD in any of the following: Psychology, Information Systems, Management, or Business disciplines
  • Between 1-2 years of experience or interest in the following: conducting interviews, administering surveys or other standardized questionnaires; and analyzing data

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Company

Young and research-intensive, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) is placed 11th globally, and 1st among the world's top young universities for six consecutive years (QS university rankings). It is also ranked No.2 among the world's elite young universities (aged 50 and under) that have excelled in producing high-quality research (Nature Index Young Universities).


We invite you to be part of this world-class university through the prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdocotoral Fellowship programme. 

About Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF)

The prestigious Lee Kuan Yew Postdoctoral Fellowship (LKY PDF) was established in 1991 under the Lee Kuan Yew Endowment Fund. The Fellowship supports and promotes young and outstanding researchers to realise their full potential in the areas of Engineering, Science, Humanities, and Medicine.

The Fellowship will be awarded concurrently with the candidate's appointment as a research staff in NTU.

Please click here for the detailed list of research areas available in the respective Colleges/Schools/Research Centres.

Eligibility: 

• Excellent academic records and research potential.
• Recent PhD graduates, or with at most 1 postdoctoral training from a reputable university. 

Terms and Conditions: 
• The Fellowship will be tenable for a period of 3 years.  
• In addition to an attractive remuneration, the successful candidate will be awarded a research grant of S$180,000 for research consumables and research related expenditure. 

Application Procedure:

Please click here for more information.

We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. 

Application Closing Date: 28 February 2020

Company info
Telephone
+(65)67911744
Location
50 NANYANG AVENUE
SINGAPORE
639 798
SG

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