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Assistant Specialist - Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP/IGS)

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Position description

About Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley, is one of the world’s most iconic teaching and research institutions. Since 1868, Berkeley has fueled a perpetual renaissance, generating unparalleled intellectual, economic and social value in California, the United States and the world. Berkeley’s culture of openness, freedom and acceptance—academic and artistic, political and cultural— make it a very special place for students, faculty and staff.

Departmental Overview
The Institute of Governmental Studies (IGS), established in 1919, is an organized research unit which supports interdisciplinary research and public service, focused on American politics and public policy, and coordinates research activities for several separate research centers, four faculty colloquia, a professional Library, a publishing program, a major student internship program, and several affiliated programs. Its Director reports to the Vice Chancellor for Research. The Institute annually administers research grants and contracts from a wide variety of federal, state and private funding sources, with an annual operating budget of about $6 million. The Institute and its research centers employ approximately 50 persons, made up of affiliated faculty and researchers, graduate students and administrative staff. In addition, the Institute has a thriving Visiting Scholars Program.

The Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) research program is housed at IGS. EGAP is a research, evaluation, and learning network with worldwide reach that promotes rigorous knowledge accumulation, innovation, and evidence-based policy in various governance domains, including accountability, political participation, mitigation of societal conflict, and reducing inequality.  It does so by fostering academic-practitioner collaborations, developing tools and methods for analytical rigor, and training academics and practitioners alike, with an intensive focus in the Global South. For more information about our work, visit egap.org.

EGAP is particularly interested in scholars who can contribute to a research program focusing on the theme of knowledge accumulation. Of interest would be applications from scholars who could study knowledge accumulation either through of game theoretic analyses of mechanisms for knowledge accumulation or statistical/methodological research on empirical approaches to accumulation, generalization, and counterfactual prediction.

This position is 100% full time for one year, with an expected start date of August 2020. Pending availability of funding, this position may be renewed for an additional year. The position may be located at UC Berkeley, California, or at New York University, New York.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Support the EGAP Executive Director and Methods Director in technical aspects of programming around the theme of knowledge accumulation, including the organization of a workshop, carrying out a review of existing approaches (either on the formal theory side or the statistics side), and presenting the results of the review at an EGAP meeting.
• Contribute to drafting and editing of EGAP methods guides, methodological guides on experimental methods.
• Provide methodological oversight on the EGAP Metaketa research initiative.
• Review and edit EGAP policy briefs, research summaries, and other EGAP resources.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS (required at the time of application):

Advanced degree or equivalent international degree, or enrolled in advanced degree or equivalent international degree program.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS (by start date):

Advanced degree or equivalent international degree

1 year working research experience with quantitative methods, working on or managing randomized control trials

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Advanced degree in Political Science, Economics, or Statistics; completed prior to starting the fellowship; including experimental research methods, quantitative methods, econometrics, and/or statistics.

Research methods training, such as advanced level coursework in quantitative methods, econometrics, and/or statistics. Coursework in field experimental research methods

Research experience providing quantitative methods training and teaching quantitative methods

Research experience on either formal theory or empirical methodology;

Experience/proficiency in working with R;

Ability to travel domestically and internationally 10-20%.

The position is open until filled with an anticipated start date of August 2020. This is a one-year, full-time position. Salary is commensurate with experience. Benefits are included. UC Berkeley has an excellent benefits package as well as a number of policies and programs to support employees as they balance work and family, if applicable.

To apply, please go to the following link:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF02564. Letters of reference are not required at this time. We will seek your permission before contacting your references. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html. Please address inquires to Ingrid Lee, EGAP Managing Director at ingridlee@berkeley.edu.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Research

  • Writing Sample - Writing sample - PDF Copy of Recent Publication or Manuscript in Preparation. A writing sample, should ideally demonstrate with strong connections to one of the position’s priorities: public opinion about immigration, spatial mismatch in immigrant service provision and/or understanding how to maximize the benefits of membership boundaries in diverse societies.

Reference requirements
  • 3 required (contact information only)

Job location

UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA