Predoctoral Scholar
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About this role
The Data and Democracy Lab, under the direction of PI Moon Duchin, seeks to train a new generation of research leaders through a predoctoral program that will position them strongly for PhD study in data science with social impact. These two-year, in-person positions will provide a bridge from broad undergraduate education to more specialized doctoral programs. Examples of well-aligned PhD programs include data science, applied math, computer science, statistics, geography or demography, sociology, political science, economics, and public policy.
Predoctoral Scholars will be full participants in the whole range of activities of the Data and Democracy Research Initiative that houses the Lab. Predocs will gain research and coding skills through direct mentorship in the Lab, as well as acquiring specific domain knowledge in Census and geospatial data, systems of election, and effective data visualization. Successful candidates will be comfortable asking questions, diving head first into research projects, and have the ability to communicate with a wide variety of audiences.
Responsibilities
- Applies mathematical and computational ideas to the study of voting, elections, and collective decision making.
- Actively participates in research projects.
- Writes and publishes reports and research papers.
- Develops and tests research code for open-source software packages.
- Works in collaboration with members of the research team and policy partners.
- Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.
- Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens. Conducts literature reviews. Assists with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents.
- Performs other related work as needed.