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About the Role
We are looking for a research assistant to conduct different research activities – for example, literature review and data generation through interviews, focus group, etc, and data analysis and manuscript preparation. This project will lay a foundation for understanding the problem of social and cultural change within digitalised research environments.
This post is 0.4 FTE (approx. two days a week) for 6 months with an anticipated start date of 04 January to 30 June 2027.
For further queries contact Francisco Duran del Fierro at f.durandelfierro@ucl.ac.uk
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