Key Skills

Job Description

🚨📢📌🔬 We’re hiring a Junior Research Assistant at Utrecht University! 🚨🔬📢📌 Join us at the Psychology of Political Behavior Studies (PPBS; https://ppbs.science), a political psychology research programme spanning over 40,000+ interviews, 20 datasets, and 60+ constructs 🗳️ You’ll help maintain R and R Markdown/Quarto workflows, validate and document survey data, produce reproducible reports, and keep our shared research infrastructure organised. 🚨🔥Apply: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/junior-research-assistant-in-research-and-reproducibility 🔥🚨 It’s an opportunity to do the practical work that makes cumulative, transparent research possible. This is a junior role. Relevant experience is desirable! 💅 SKILLS: Excellent R, Quarto, R-markdown, reproducibility pipelines are required. 💅 ➡️📊📈 Check these reports for examples of what we are looking for: https://ppbs.science/reports (and the pipeline necessary to automate these). 📢 What, where, when, and how? -- 📍 Utrecht University | 20–24 hours per week (hybrid is possible) -- ⏳ Approximately 2.5–3.5 months, depending on the final salary classification/pay step -- 📅 Apply by Sunday, 11 October 2026 -- 🌐 We can only hire folks from inside the EU (given UU's policy) 🇪🇺 Please share with someone who enjoys R, careful documentation, and research others can reproduce.

Core Responsibilities

Maintain R and R Markdown/Quarto workflows, validate and document survey data, and produce reproducible reports. Help organize shared research infrastructure and support transparent, cumulative research.

Requirements

Excellent skills in R, Quarto, and R Markdown, along with experience in reproducibility pipelines, are required. Relevant experience is desirable; the role is described as junior.