Social Sciences Researcher/Predoc - 138793
 UC San Diego | |
 United States, California, San Diego | |
 Apr 01, 2026 | |
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#138793 Social Sciences Researcher/Predoc
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UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 4/3/26 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor. Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance. The Rady School of Management provides business education through its degree programming (PhD and four Masters) undergraduate education, and executive business programs. In addition to these educational programs, the Rady School includes a number of Centers of Excellence including the Sullivan Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, the Kroner and Koenigsberger Center for Financial Research, and the Brandes Center among others. The Rady School of Management advances business by generating meaningful research and educating principled, innovative leaders. The staff who work at the Rady School have created a highly participatory, high energy, upbeat environment where providing excellent customer service to our students, faculty and fellow staff is a priority. Under direct guidance of Rady School of Management faculty, Professor Sally Sadoff, the Social Sciences Researcher applies acquired skills and knowledge of applicable research discipline to support field research projects of small to medium size and intermediate scope and complexity. This position assists Rady School of Management with research projects and supports those projects, with data management and analysis support. The research projects have a strong focus on topics in education, health, housing, inequality, and racial, ethnic, and gender disparities. The research also has direct impacts for policy and practice. The primary responsibilities include cleaning research data, analyzing data and engaging in field research, such as contacting study participants and conducting interviews or reaching out to schools and community organizations to request administrative data, transfer of data from a variety of sources. The position conducts literature reviews and summarizes current/recent findings available in journal articles, enters research data and information into spreadsheets and systems, may prepare and review data for publication, assists with grant applications, may contribute to writing research progress reports, and performs other general administrative tasks related to the research project. Projects the Researcher may work on include: * Evaluating the impact of scientific evidence on attitudes and beliefs * Field studies investigating the impact of AI (and in particular LLMs) in online settings * General behavioral/experimental economics * Field studies leveraging gen AI to collect and analyze online data * Studies on the role of bots in the attention economy * Studies on the impact of bots on trust * Studies documenting how AI affects cognitive skills
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