Research Assistant in anthropological digital data bases for a project fund

at  ETH Zrich

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a research assistant you will be working for the QUANTA team based at ETH Zürich and led by Principal Investigator (PI) Rafael Núñez. You will be primarily responsible for searching, finding, and classifying digital material from museum archives in accord with an organizing scheme developed by the research team. This will involve a brief training (approximately two days) involving basic research concepts in numerical cognition, anthropological material production, and other relevant notions, as well as digital file access and manipulation.

• The working language is English
• The position is for 15 hours a week (flexible; most work to be done independently)
• Starting date: Early November 2024

PROFILE

We are looking for two motivated and reliable undergraduate/master ETH Zurich students, or from a Swiss university. The following competences are desired but applicants who can only fulfil some of them are still encouraged to apply:

• the ability to manipulate and manage the storage of audio-visual data files
• proficiency in archiving, basic data analysis, and elementary statistics
• a high level of attention to detail and accuracy
• good knowledge of English

• The working language is English
• The position is for 15 hours a week (flexible; most work to be done independently)
• Starting date: Early November 202