Hello Everyone The Business and Local Government Data Research Centre (BLG DRC) based at the University of Essex is hiring a Senior Research Officer or Research Fellow. We work with the public and private sectors enabling them to use data more effectively. We also undertake fundamental and applied research in Social Science and advanced Data Science and AI techniques. This is an excellent opportunity for a quantitative social scientist with a keen interest in data science. The Centre also has strong connections to University departments and institutes, including the Departments of Government, Economics, the Institute of Analytics and Data Science, and the School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering. More information about the post can be found here: https://vacancies.essex.ac.uk/tlive_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACANCY_ID=774111NZMT&WVID=9918109NEm&LANG=USA Deadline is 22 March 2021. For formal enquiries about the position, please email Dr Alejandro Quiroz Flores (aquiro@essex.ac.uk). I will be happy to answer informal questions: w.achbari@essex.ac.uk *With best wishes* *Dr Wahideh Achbari* Senior Research Officer ESRC Business and Local Government Data Research Centre University of Essex *E* w.achbari@essex.ac.uk Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IAVRUGMAAAAJ&hl=en> Follow us on Twitter @w_achbari <https://twitter.com/w_achbari> @BLGDataResearch <http://twitter.com/BLGDataResearch> Latest Publication: Achbari, W., B. Geys, and B. Doosje (2021) ‘Comparing the effect of cross-group friendship on generalized trust to its effect on prejudice: the mediating role of threat perceptions and negative affect’, *PLOS ONE* 16(2): e0245983. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245983 [image: image.png] Web: www.blgdataresearch.org