Research Officer in Behavioural Science: Quantitative Researcher

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Salary from £43,227 to £51,714 pa inclusive of London allowance with potential to progress to £55,497 pa

This is a fixed-term appointment for 1 year, starting no later than 2 March 2026

The successful candidate will contribute to advancing TII’s research agenda through the development and execution of research projects and engagement with internal and external stakeholders. With supervision from Dr Grace Lordan, the postholder will be expected to design and implement high quality quantitative studies and data analyses using statistical methods that will lead to new insights that are at the frontier of knowledge in the social sciences.

The post-holder will join a multi-disciplinary team with a range of opportunities for engaging and helping shape diverse research projects, supporting grant and proposal writing and teaching. They will have the opportunity to lead on the writing and publish academic papers as well as leading on data analyses and on the write up of findings for scientific publications and a funder report.

The successful candidate will have

• experience in research design, causal inference and the handling of big data sets OR experience in research design and the execution of lab or field experiments,
• experience of Stata, R or Python, a willingness to engage regularly with stakeholders and develop strong working relationships with corporate partners,
• the ability to author/co-author papers of peer-reviewed journal article quality’
• demonstratable expertise in quantitative research either by a completed, or nearly completed, PhD OR significant relevant experience in industry,
• a strong ability to work as part of a team,
• excellent written and oral communication skills, and ability to communicate research findings effectively to different audiences (academic and non-specialist), and
• the ability to work independently with little supervision, manage own workload and work to tight deadlines.

The successful applicant will take up the post no later than 2 March 2026 and will be expected to be present on the LSE campus at least once per week (exceptions could be made for highly skilled candidates who live outside London).

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

To apply for this post, please click the 'Apply' button above. If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email TII@lse.ac.uk  

The closing date for receipt of applications is 18 January 2026 (23:59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

Interviews are provisionally scheduled for the second half of January 2026.

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