Research Assistant in Psychology

Salary: £14.57 per hour including LW Part Time Hours: 0.2 FTE Contract Type: Fixed Term Release Date: Tuesday 14 May 2024 Closing Date: Thursday 23 May 2024 Interview Date: To be confirmed Reference: JS1192

The School of Human Sciences is located in the Dreadnought building on the World Heritage site at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. As part of our research program we are recruiting a part time research assistant to help run a project examining the effects of virtual embodiment on attitudes and stereotypes. This role will be on a 0.2% FTE basis (1 day per week) and last for approximately 10 weeks. Candidates will ideally be available to start work on the week commencing 20th of May. There is flexibility in the exact timing of hours worked.

The role will involve recruiting and testing participants in the physiology lab within the School of Human Sciences as well as requesting participants send photos of their own face and editing those photos for use as stimuli. Additional roles might include the analysis of some data and presentation of results. There is also the potential for inclusion as a co-author on publications arising from this research.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Dr Harry Farmer ( h.farmer@gre enwich .ac.uk)

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