Research assistant focusing on data collection for energy crisis preparedness - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply
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Institutionen för försvarssystem
The Swedish Defence University is an internationally renowned university in the area of defence, crisis management and security. We offer a unique academic environment where military and civilian researchers, teachers and students interact. We educate and train top-level executives, experts, and researchers for the task of analyzing and managing current and future crises, security issues and conflicts. The university educates all military officers in the Swedish armed forces and leads the academic progression of the military profession. We conduct research in the areas of Law with a focus on International and Operational Law, Leadership and Command & Control, Military History, Political Science, Systems Science for Defence and Security and War Studies.
The Department of Systems Science for Defence and Security conducts research and education at the intersection of social sciences and engineering. The subject is interdisciplinary and studies how a combination of social and technical components affect the systems used for the defence and security of society. The subject's employees primarily teach within the Officer Programme, the Master's Programme in Defence and Security Systems Development, and the Higher Officer Programme. They also contribute by provided teaching and expertise in other civilian and military education programmes, including contract education commissioned by both governmental and private parties. Research is either financed by grants or commissioned by contract.
Description
The department of Systems Science for Defence and Security is looking for one research assistant to support in the preparation of several research projects focusing on energy crisis preparedness.
Duties
Your main task is to collect publicly available data on the electricity infrastructure in Sweden and abroad (power plants, networks, and its users). You will make an overview of the data that is available, collect and reformat data to a structure that can be used in research projects, and perform basic preprocessing and cleaning of the data. You will search for literature and create overviews and summaries of relevant literature. Administrative tasks and tasks related to teaching may be part of your work. You will regularly take part in meetings.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who has at least a bachelor’s degree in a relevant subject (e.g. data science, systems science, statistics, engineering). You work independent and with precision. To collect relevant data and literature, fluent skills in English and Swedish are required.
Merits:
- Previous experience in collection and preprocessing of quantitative data;
- Interest and previous experience in working with energy systems data;
- Good communication skills;
- Experience with programming in R;
- A master’s degree in a relevant subject is considered a merit.
Employment
Temporary, full-time (100%) employment until 31 December 2023. Starting date as soon as possible or per agreement.
Application
Your application, which consists of a CV and a personal letter, is sent to Swedish defence universitys online recruitment-system by clicking on "Login and apply".
Further information about the position is available from:
Senior associate lecturer Vera van Zoest, vera.vanzoest@fhs.se, 08 – 553 428 32
To get in contact with union representatives please send an e-mail to saco@fhs.se, OFR/O@fhs.se and OFR/S@fhs.se.
In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.
Welcome with your application at the latest 2023-06-28! We will start interviewing when applications come in so please apply as soon as possible!
| Type of employment | Temporary position |
|---|---|
| Employment expires | 2023-12-31 |
| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | Snarast eller enligt överenskommelse |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100 |
| City | Stockholm |
| County | Stockholms län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | HF/HR 162/2023 |
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| Published | 14.Jun.2023 |
| Last application date | 28.Jun.2023 11:59 PM CEST |