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Research Assistant in Psychology

🏢 Aston University 📍 Birmingham, England 💼 College / University
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£31,502 - £37,386
£2,625 - £3,116 / mo
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Birmingham, England
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68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)
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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard
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Position Overview & Specifications

Applications are invited for a research assistant posts for 6 months at Aston University within the School of Psychology. The successful applications will join Dr James Reynolds' new UKRI-funded grant titled "Maximising public support for health policies" in which the research will investigate why the public support or oppose public health policies.

We are seeking a talented researcher who is interested in working at the intersection of social psychology, political psychology, and public health. You will be expected to support other members of the team in designing research protocols, conducting evidence reviews, and running online survey experiments.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing team of researchers with strong links to public health practitioners and policy makers.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Dr James Reynolds: j.reynolds4@aston.ac.uk

See job description for further details and please attach your CV to your application. Please be advised the earliest start date for this post is the June 1st, the latest start date will be August 1st.

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