Research Associate in Normative Social Preferences

We have an exciting opportunity in the School of Medicine and Population Health for a Research Associate in Normative Social Preferences to join Policy Modelling for Health (HealthMod), a £7.5 million multi-institution research project funded by Population Health Improvement UK (PHIUK), led by the University of Glasgow.

HealthMod <https://www.phiuk.org/policy-modelling-for-health> examines the use of computer models to estimate the impact of policies on people’s economic circumstances and their health.

The post-holder will be responsible for the day-to-day running of Work Package 9 (WP9), led by Professor Aki Tsuchiya, a health economist based at the University of Sheffield.

WP9, on the Elicitation of Normative Social Preferences, will conduct stated preference studies to quantify how members of the public value multidimensional policy outcomes relative to each other.

Educated to PhD or equivalent in a social science subject, ideally in economics, behavioural sciences or psychology, you will have experience of designing, conducting and analysing interviews with members of the public, and experience of quantitative data analysis using econometric software (e.g., Stata, R).

The University of Sheffield is a remarkable place to work. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. Their diverse backgrounds, abilities and beliefs make Sheffield a world-class university.

We offer a fantastic range of benefits including a highly competitive annual leave entitlement (with the ability to purchase more), a generous pensions scheme, flexible working opportunities, a commitment to your development and wellbeing, a wide range of retail discounts, and much more.

Find out more at www.sheffield.ac.uk/benefits and join us to become part of something special.

We are committed to exploring flexible working opportunities which benefit the individual and University.

We build teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles from across the world, whose talent and contributions complement each other to greatest effect. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience.

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