Research Assistant (Biopsychosocial Criminology)
Ntu (nanyang technology university- main office-hr)
- Singapore
new offer (09/05/2024)
job description
The Psychology Department in the School of Social Sciences is seeking to hire a full-time research assistant for a research project on biopsychosocial criminology under Dr. Olivia Choy's lab.
Key Responsibilities:
- Coordinating a research project on adolescent offenders and at-risk youths in Singapore.
- Facilitating biological and psychological data collection in adolescent offenders in the Singapore Prison Service and in at-risk youths
- Coordinating participant recruitment
- Liaising between academic (NTU) and non-academic government institutions/community organizations (e.G., Singapore Prison Service, Central Narcotics Bureau) involved in the project
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in psychology, criminology, biology, neuroscience, neuropsychology, or related field.
- Social science research experience (e.G., participant recruitment, data collection);
Experience with administering lab tasks is preferred. - Interest in working with at-risk youths and offenders in a prison setting
- Amenability to travel to different locations, such as the prisons, community agencies, as needed
- Excellent organization skills
- Ability to communicate well with others, such as research team members, prison staff, youths, and offenders
- Openness to different perspectives
We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.
Hiring Institution:
NTU