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Northeastern University ยท 5 months ago

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Cognitive Foundations of Environmental Science Education

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.

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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

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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.

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Angela Hosking
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Dave Thurman
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