Job Description

Assistant Professor Shengxiao (Alex) Li (Urbanism Cluster, Department of Architecture) is looking for a full-time research assistant to join in August 2024 and work on projects related to transportation planning and policy, travel behaviour, and age-friendly urban planning in Singapore, China, and the United States. Potential projects include: examining electric vehicle policies on vehicle adoption in China, text analysis and interviews with practitioners to understand electric vehicle policies in large cities in the United States and Singapore, understanding factors related to electric vehicle adoption in Asia, and using first-and second-hand data to understand travel behaviour and technology usage of older Singaporeans and Americans. The research assistant will meet with Alex regularly and report directly to Alex. Tasks of the research assistant include but not limited to reviewing literature; collecting, cleaning, and analysing data sets; preparing research reports and funding applications; and implementing surveys or interviews. They will also have the opportunity to work with a group of scholars from various disciplines, including but not limited to economics, sociology and social work, and engineering, and co-author on academic papers (depending on the contributions of the person hired for this position)The position is a one-year appointment. Please upload your CV, a cover letter, a writing sample (first or solo-authored), and a list of three referees by 20 Jun 2024. Only the shortlisted candidates will be notified.Please email the job advertisement posting information to new Assistant Prof, Dr Alex LiQualificationsRequirements:

• A Bachelor\'s or Master\'s degree in urban planning, civil engineering, public policy, social work, public health, or other relevant disciplines
• Good time management and multi-tasking skills;
• Passion/interest in one or more topics above;
• Excellent spoken and written English;
• Highly motived and with independent working ability;
• Statistical knowledge and command at least one of the following programming languages: R/Stata/Python.
• Experience in using spatial statistics and geospatial analysis tools;
• Experience of working on literature review and data analysis.

Preferred skills:

• Experience of using large-scale data sets, like smartphone data, smart card data, or large-scale administrative data;
• Experience of using network analysis;
• Experience of using text analysis to understand large text data sets;
• Excellent communication and experience in interviewing in English;
• Experience in interdisciplinary collaborations and research.

More InformationLocation: Kent Ridge CampusOrganization: College of Design and EngineeringDepartment : ArchitectureEmployee Referral Eligible: NoJob requisition ID : 24991

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