Research Assistant

at  University College London

ABOUT US

University College London (UCL) is the largest of the colleges in the federation that makes up the University of London. It is consistently rated as one of the top multi-faculty universities in the UK and has an annual turnover in excess of £400m. UCL is one of the UK’s premier research institutions encompassing immense research strength across all areas. It is also developing numerous interdisciplinary research centres. UCL has an excellent library and the library resources available in London, such as the British Library, are unrivalled in the UK. The Department of Economics has an outstanding international reputation in key areas of current research including applied theory, econometrics, game theory, labour economics, development economics, and macroeconomics. The Department of Economics has placed #1 for research environment and outputs in the 2021 REF results and ranked #3 overall.

ABOUT YOU

Duties and responsibilities:

• The post-holder will help with projects on international trade and investment, with a focus on global production networks.
• The post-holder will contribute to the overall activities of the department as required.
• As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the postholder.
• The postholder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager or Head of Department/Division.
• The postholder will actively follow UCL policies including Equal Opportunities and Race Equality policies.
• The postholder will maintain an awareness and observation of Fire and Health & Safety Regulations.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Prof. Kalina Manova is seeking to appoint one Research Assistant to work part-time on projects in international economics with a focus on global production networks.
The research assistant will perform various tasks: literature review, data collection and cleaning, data manipulation and analysis, theoretical derivations, project presentations and summaries, etc. The details of these duties will be assigned by Prof. Kalina Manova.
The position will be funded by Professor Manova’s ERC Advanced Grant, administered by UKRI under the UK government’s Horizon Europe Funding Guarantee [Grant # EPZ5333971]. The research agenda examines “Firm Network Technology and Technology in Firm Networks”.

Duties and responsibilities:

• The post-holder will help with projects on international trade and investment, with a focus on global production networks.
• The post-holder will contribute to the overall activities of the department as required.
• As duties and responsibilities change, the job description will be reviewed and amended in consultation with the postholder.
• The postholder will carry out any other duties as are within the scope, spirit and purpose of the job as requested by the line manager or Head of Department/Division.
• The postholder will actively follow UCL policies including Equal Opportunities and Race Equality policies.
• The postholder will maintain an awareness and observation of Fire and Health & Safety Regulations