Call for Applications: for Postdoctoral Research Associate, at The Department of Political Science, UCL
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About the role
The Department of Political Science is seeking applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate. The position is part of the BreaktheBias Project, funded by UKRI and led by Professor Veronika Fikfak.
The Postdoctoral Research Associate will be responsible for data collection from different human rights case law databases, coding (including machine learning) and data analysis. They will also assist with mapping out different actors that facilitate access to justice and be involved in tracing barriers to justice. The Associate will work closely with other members of the team. They will be expected to present their work at academic conferences and workshops.
The position is available from October 2025, for 36 months.
The salary for the Research Associate position will be £44,480 – £46,796 (incl London Allowance), depending on experience.
We encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in the sector and at UCL including but, not exclusive, to non-graduates, disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBTQ+ people, people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds, especially women.
Deadline for applications is 4th July 2025.
About you
The post holder will be expected to have a PhD in law or political science and skills to handle large dataset and conduct quantitative analysis and other empirical analysis.
Familiarity with LLM (large language models) to extract data from case law desirable.
Knowledge and understanding of the processes before international human rights systems of would be a very important asset.
Knowledge of French/Spanish also an asset.
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