The Research & Design Studio, an initiative of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, seeks a predoctoral fellow for a one-year appointment, with an expected start date during summer 2025. This fellowship provides an opportunity to work in close collaboration with the Center’s researchers, scholars, and staff on new and ongoing projects related to civil discourse. This will include foundational studies on the challenges of productive dialogue, the assessment and evaluation of innovative pedagogical tools for fostering civil discourse on university campuses, and participation in stimulating interdisciplinary workshops.
Fellows will be based at Harvard University and will work closely with both research and pedagogy teams. Depending on the stage of the project, responsibilities may include coordinating the design and implementation of evaluation studies; contributing to research design; developing and administering surveys; managing and analyzing data; and reporting findings.
The Center seeks a quantitatively focused fellow to work closely with the Center’s Chief Assessment Scientist on developing and implementing evaluation methods, including survey design, data management, and statistical analysis. They will also be responsible for data munging, wrangling, and cleaning to ensure data quality and consistency for analysis, and expected to contribute to quantitative research design, analyze complex data sets, and interpret findings to inform program development.
All fellows will also participate in weekly team meetings and have opportunities to engage broadly with the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics’ vibrant community of scholars.
The annual salary is $60,000, plus benefits. Visa sponsorship can be arranged. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Priority will be given to applications received by June 1, 2025.
Please take a look at the work of the Edmond & Lily Safra Center for Ethics on its website: https://www.ethics.harvard.edu/
Candidates applying for this position may be asked to complete a short assessment to evaluate their data interpretation skills.
