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Northeastern University · 5 months ago

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Foundations of Environmental Science Education

Boston, MA (Main Campus)

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$59K/yr - $84K/yr

Northeastern University is seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to join an NSF-funded collaboration focused on understanding how students learn about environmental science. The role involves collaboration on a study examining the impacts of intuitive thinking on students' understanding of human-nature relationships and includes responsibilities such as project management, mentoring, and conducting independent research.

Education

Growth Opportunities

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Responsibilities

Collaboration as a team member on an NSF-funded study of relations between human exceptionalism and social-ecological systems thinking

Project management

Supervising and coordinating undergraduate research assistants

Helping to mentor masters and doctoral students

Designing experiments, collecting data, analyzing and writing papers for publication

Pursuing independent research projects in conjunction with the focus of the labs

Qualification

In relevant fieldHuman subject researchStatistical analysesProject managementCross-disciplinary collaborationCoding qualitative dataEnvironmental sciences backgroundDevelopmental researchMentoring students

Required

PhD in a field falling within the social, behavioral, cognitive, and/or environmental sciences

Experience with human subject research

Facility with statistical analyses such as structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, and longitudinal analysis

Demonstrated ability to successfully manage a complex project

Eagerness to work as a member of a cross-disciplinary research team

Preferred

Experience mentoring undergraduate research assistants

Experience with coding qualitative data

Familiarity with mental modeling, fuzzy cognitive mapping, concept mapping, or some comparable research techniques

Some background in environmental or ecological sciences

Demonstrated ability to successfully carry out developmental research in a school setting

Benefits

Medical

Vision

Dental

Paid time off

Tuition assistance

Wellness & life

Retirement-

Commuting & transportation

Company

Northeastern University

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Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university with a distinctive, experience-driven approach to education and discovery.

Founded in 1898

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

5001-10000 employees

https://www.northeastern.edu/cri/

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