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Posting Number: req22223

Department: Sociology

Location: Main Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

The School of Sociology is recruiting a Postdoctoral Scholar with substantive interests in the sociology/economics/science of science (especially technology transfer and commercialization) and with a broad methodological toolkit that includes quantitative and computational skills. This is a year-to-year appointment, contingent upon funding and performance.

The Postdoctoral scholar will work on two interrelated projects: "How University IP Policies, Infrastructure, and Practices Influence Innovative Science and Technology," and "A Roadmap to Fulfilling the Economic Potential of Technology Transfer in the Life Sciences and Biomedicine in Arizona." The latter project entails a collaboration with teams at the other two universities in Arizona: Arizona State University and Northern Arizona University. Graduate research assistants also work on the project, and the Postdoctoral Scholar will help advise them and guide their work. This work is supported by grants from the Arizona Board of Regents through the Technology and Research Initiative Fund.

The Postdoctoral Scholar will be advised primarily by Drs. Erin Leahey and Jane Zavisca and housed in the School of Sociology, where there is a vibrant community of sociologists. The overarching goal of these projects is to collect and analyze data at multiple levels (paper, invention, patent, individual, academic field, university, firm, region) to understand the drivers of university innovation and impact in the context of technology transfer.

Opportunities for training, professional development, and conference attendance will be provided, and the postdoctoral research fellow will be encouraged to lead research components leading to scholarly publications.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:
* Contribute to the development of interview protocols and questionnaires; help conduct interviews and field surveys
* Develop and manage datasets, including primary interview and survey data; large-scale corpuses of textual data (e.g. award abstracts and patent records); and administrative records (such as the IRIS UMETRICs)
* Analyze data using Stata, Python
* Draft manuscripts and present research findings
* Help supervise graduate research assistants
* Organize and co-facilitate team meetings
* Draft and submit human subject (IRB) applications as needed
* Draft reports to funders

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
* Exceptional writing and communication skills
* Excellent data extraction, management, and analysis skills
* Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively

* Expertise in Science of Science topics, literature, methods
* Demonstrated computational social science skills (e.g., SQL, Python, accessing APIs, working within HPCs)
* Excellent communication and organization skills

Minimum Qualifications

• Earned PhD in Sociology, Public Policy, Economics or related field upon hire

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in technology transfer, commercialization, and innovation
• Demonstrated experience and ability to work well with both supervisors and research assistants
• Experience working with an interdisciplinary research team

FLSA: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Research

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: DOE

Compensation Type: salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates

Erin Leahey

leahey@arizona.edu

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and One Additional Document

Special Instructions to Applicant

To apply, candidates must submit the following:

* A current curriculum vitae.
* Cover letter describing interests and fit with the position (no more than 2 pages).
* One Additional Document - This should be one single PDF File containing:

* Names and email addresses of three individuals who may be contacted by the committee as references.
* A writing sample, such as a literature review or a research article. If collaborative/co-authored, please include a note about the applicant's contribution.

Incomplete application packets will not be reviewed.

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