Researcher

Job Description:

Essential Qualification

• A masters’ degree and/or relevant research experience of 3+ years in social sciences, technology studies, cultural studies, journalism, public policy, development studies, or related fields.

• Strong research skills, specifically in quantitative methods. Proficiency in at least one statistical package (STATA, SPSS, or R)

• Strong writing skills, and ability to produce accessible research for a variety of audiences, including policymakers, journalists, academia and non-expert groups

• Familiarity with developments in, and literature on digital safety and risks, including but not limited to areas such as harassment, fraud, hate speech, disinformation etc.

Responsibilities

Primary Research

The primary responsibilities for this position will be:

• Co-creating the research design, and implementation of quantitative and qualitative data collection.

• Analysis of primary and secondary data

Secondary Research

• Co-produce literature reviews, mapping developments in policy, academic and public discourse.

Authorship

• Individually and jointly author academic and semi-academic outputs such as papers, book chapters etc.

• Individually and jointly author public-facing outputs such as open datasets, reports, toolkits, policy briefs, blogs, opinion pieces etc.

• Participate in the production of accessible and non-traditional outputs including multimedia content, brochures, translations etc.

Outreach

• Ensure research findings are accessible to a wide network of stakeholders, and engage with an array of actors in India and elsewhere.

• Participate in, and help organise outreach events such as conferences, seminars, events, panels etc.

Non-research

• Actively participate in regular team meetings

• Participate in capacity-building sessions organised at CIS

• Identify and support fund-raising activities.