CSDE Seeks to Hire Computational Demographer & Research Scientist
Posted: 7/4/2022 (Employment)
The Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology (CSDE) seeks a Computational Demographer to join its Scientific Core. This position will have a joint role and complementary responsibilities within the UW eScience Institute. CSDE is a population research center at the University of Washington funded by a P2C grant from the Population Dynamics Branch at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), matching funds from the College of Arts and Sciences, the UW Provost’s Office, eScience Institute, other UW Schools and Colleges, as well as faculty affiliate grant proposals. CSDE is uniquely situated at the UW to foster cutting-edge population research, including our partnership with the Northwest Federal Statistical Research Data Center (NWFSRDC), the UW Data Collaborative, an active demographic graduate training program, and initiatives on campus linking and sharing administrative data and driving the formation of interdisciplinary teams together for scientific, evidence-based policymaking.
This position provides methodological support to faculty and graduate students studying demographic processes and their connections to population health dynamics, as well as leadership on innovative new projects consistent with the scientific emphases of CSDE and eScience. It requires broad social science research skills, advanced computational skills, and an orientation towards service and facilitation of research. The successful candidate will provide support for researchers in the areas of responsible conduct of research, transparent science, data construction, statistical and/or machine learning training, demographic forecasting and probabilistic modeling. We are especially interested in candidates with experience in the application of machine learning, natural language processing, and probabilistic linkages for relational, high-dimensional data for population science projects. Emphasis in these areas will benefit faculty using novel data sources (e.g. social media data, narratives in administrative records) to capture features of population processes generally absent or underrepresented in current data. Accordingly, this position requires exceptional interpersonal and communication skills; flexibility, adaptability and the desire to learn new skills as needed; and the ability to work as part of a team. We are looking for someone who is able to provide assistance to all levels of researchers and to do outreach that encourages best practice demographic research methods and successful grant proposals. These interpersonal skills are equally as important as the technical skills for this position.
Location: University of Washington Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology