Research Specialist II

Job description

Overview The Department of Sociology at Princeton University seeks applicants for full-time post-baccalaureate research assistant positions in the Eviction Lab. Successful candidates will have a background in quantitative social science, economics, statistics, data science, and/or computer science. The Eviction Lab at Princeton University is an interdisciplinary research team who has built the first-ever national database of evictions in America. We have validated, mapped, and published our data through an interactive website (evictionlab.org). The Eviction Lab is currently working on many studies on housing insecurity, homelessness, housing affordability, and more. Research assistants will have access to novel and very large datasets not publicly released, and the opportunity to work closesly with senior researchers. We seek self-driven, creative thinkers with strong quantitative skills to assist with analysis, data collection, and publication of research findings. Successful candidates must have previous experience managing and analyzing quantitative data using sophisticated statistical or computer programming techniques. Proficiency in R is required. Previous experience with Pyt...