Research Assistant, Geary Institute for Public Policy
- Employer
- UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN (UCD)
- Location
- Dublin, Leinster (IE)
- Salary
- £25934.51 - £34689.59 per annum
- Closing date
- 1 Dec 2022
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- Academic Discipline
- Politics & International Studies, Social Sciences
- Job Type
- Research Related, Research Assistants / Officers
- Contract Type
- Temporary
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Details
Applications are invited for a specified purpose post of a Research Assistant within Geary Institute for Public Policy
This role is intended to provide support for the Publicpolicy.ie platform at the Geary Institute for Public Policy, University College Dublin (UCD). The Geary Institute for Public Policy is a centre of excellence for policy-relevant, theoretically-informed, empirically grounded research at University College Dublin. It brings together researchers from across the social and behavioural sciences who are engaged in policy-relevant research to enable inter-disciplinary working and exchange.
The main disciplines represented at the Geary Institute for Public Policy include: demography, economics, education, law, political science, psychology, public health, social policy and sociology. The Geary Institute for Public Policy is striving to increase the visibility and impact of its research, particularly among policy makers. As part of this process, the Institute acquired the domain name publicpolicy.ie in 2019 and since then has worked to further develop this site as a platform to disseminate evidence to inform policy making and debate.
This research assistant role is intended to provide support for these activities and particularly for the writing, commissioning, editing, and publishing of research policy papers on the publicpolicy.ie website
Salary Range: 28,701 - 38,390 per annum
Salary offered will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Closing date: 17:00hrs (local Irish time) on 1st December 2022
Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 17:00hrs (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications. UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CV's submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.
Prior to application, further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from the Work at UCD website: https://www.ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/
Company
UCD is Ireland's most globally engaged university with over 37,000 students drawn from 152 countries, including over 4,500 students based at locations outside of Ireland.
The international standing of UCD has grown in recent years; it is currently ranked within the top 1% of higher education institutions world-wide.
As Ireland's largest university, with its great strength and diversity of disciplines, UCD embraces its role to contribute to the flourishing of Ireland through the study of people, society, business, economy, culture, languages and the creative arts, as well as through research and innovation.
Over the last decade UCD researchers have increased their annual number of papers in the international literature by 39% and have authored more than 34,000 papers in total. 56% of the papers were co-authored with researchers from more than 130 countries. These papers are cited by other researchers at a rate that is 73% above the world average.
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- Telephone
- +(353)17167777
- Location
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BELFIELD
DUBLIN 4
Ireland
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