Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow (Institute for Environment & Sustainability)

Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow
(Institute for Environment & Sustainability)  

The Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow will be a core member of the
Institute for Environment & Sustainability (IES) research team, working to
deliver IES’s research programme on urban water policy and governance. The
candidate will lead policy-relevant research projects relating to IES’s
research theme of urban water security, take responsibility for project and
grant management and contribute to stakeholder liaison and outreach of the
institute. Candidates should be able to demonstrate a high level of competence
in empirical research in the social sciences or a related discipline and have
an interest in the policy and governance aspects of water. All candidates
should have a strong willingness to contribute to IES’s mission and to engage
with new topics and research tools. 

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement
  and lead research projects under IES’s research programmes
• Prepare high
  quality research papers on topics related to IES’s core research themes
  suitable for publication in high tier academic journals 
• Contribute to
  grant and institute-level reporting requirements and funding applications
• Provide support
  for institute’s events and outreach activities

Requirements

• PhD in Economics,
  Public Policy, Behavioural Science, or in a related field.
• Excellent
  analytical skills with knowledge of big data analytics, economics,
  econometrics, laboratory/field experiments, game theory and/or agent-based
  modelling. 
• Experience with
  independently designing, conducting surveys and analysing its data is
  preferred
• Preference for
  those with good and relevant publication records / working papers 
• Excellent verbal
  and written English
• Good time
  management and ability to multi-task effectively

• Able to commit
  till 31 March 2023 (renewable for 1 year on good performance) 

Application Procedure

Please include the following documents in the application:

• One-page cover
  letter, with a brief statement of relevant research expertise and
  description of skill sets (see “Requirements”) 
• Curriculum vitae
• Transcripts
  (Undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees): Scanned copies for initial
  application
• One writing sample
  (min. 500 words)
• Details of two
  referees (preferably academic) who can comment on the applicant’s academic
  abilities and research experience

Interested candidates are encouraged to find out
more about the Institute and the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/iwp/ (soon to be part of IES) and http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/