The Opportunity: 

Based in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh you will work with our political scientists and cognitive neuroscientists as part of a transdisciplinary, cross-sector team in the Digital Influence and Intelligence Lab to deliver high quality research and applied project outputs, co-developed with our external partners.

Your skills and attributes for success:

• Ability to conduct and contribute to high-quality research in computational social science aligned with project objectives
• Ability to take responsibility for some elements of the planned research.
• Ability to plan and carry out a work programme appropriate to the research activity.
• Ability to work to tight timelines and produce professional outputs
• Enthusiasm for working in a cross-sector, trans-disciplinary team

Feedback is only provided to interviewed candidates.

For informal enquiries please contact: Walid Magdy: wmagdy@inf.ed.ac.uk or Robin Hill: r.l.hill@ed.ac.uk

Please ensure a CV and supporting statement is provided in your application.

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As a valued member of our team you can expect:

An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK.  Further information is available on our right to work webpages.

The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role.  If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Tier 2/Skilled Worker Visa.