Howard and Nancy Marks Principal Researcher
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Department
Booth CDR: Operations
About the Department
Chicago Booth has the finest set of facilities of any business school in the world. Each of the four campuses (two in Chicago one in London and one in Hong Kong) reflects the architectural traditions of its environs while offering a state-of-the-art learning environment.
Chicago Booth is proud to claim:
-an unmatched faculty.
-degree and open enrollment programs offered on three continents.
-a global body of nearly 56000 accomplished alumni.
-strong and growing corporate relationships that provide a wealth of lifelong career opportunities.
As part of the world-renowned University of Chicago Chicago Booth shares the Universitys core values that shape the distinctive intellectual culture. At Booth they constantly question and test ideas and seek proof. This extraordinarily effective approach to business leads to new ideas and innovative solutions. Seven of the Booth faculty members have won Nobel Prizes for these ideas - the first business school to achieve this accomplishment. For more information about the University of Chicago Booth School of Business please visit: SummarySupported by the Howard and Nancy Marks Post-Doctoral Fellowship the Principal Researcher position is designed to foster research that is on the boundaries among psychology economics and finance. The Principal Researcher is primarily responsible for serving as the coordinator of the Centers brownbag series and assisting with other Center programs and events as addition the Principal Researcher will receive a research budget and may collaborate on projects of mutual interest with faculty at the Booth School and other units at the University of Chicago.
This position is anticipated to last two years and begins Summer/Fall 2026.
Responsibilities
- Develops original research questions and implementation of studies to investigate those questions.
- Participates in study design data acquisition and analysis manuscript development and presentation/publication of results.
- Assists with teaching responsibilities of up to two quarters of behavioral science classes each academic year.
- Serves as the coordinator of the Centers brownbag series and assists with other Center programs and events as needed.
- Uses subject matter and best practices knowledge to perform lab and/or research-related duties and tasks. Works independently to assist with project design.
- Guides data collection evaluation and analysis. Designs and manages databases. Writes reports articles and manuscripts.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.
Work Experience:
Certifications:
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Preferred Qualifications
Education:
- Ph.D. earned or expected by August 2026 in economics psychology or finance.
Experience:
- Conducting computer web-based and interpersonal interaction-based experiments.
Preferred Competencies
- Familiarity with methods of experimentation.
- Outstanding verbal written as well as organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Work independently with little supervision; possess a self-motivated disposition; identify opportunities for improvement and recommend effective changes all while achieving key objectives resulting in desired outcomes.
- Excellent strategic planning critical thinking analytical and persuasion skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and diplomatically with colleagues as well as with students faculty and corporate contacts in a multitude of communication methods including in-person email and phone.
- Professional demeanor including tact discretion and a customer service-oriented approach.
Working Conditions
- This position is currently expected to work a minimum three days per week in the office.
Application Documents
- Resume/CV (required)
- Cover Letter describing areas of research interests (required)
- Summary detailing a) own thoughts regarding the potential contribution of this position to the progress of your disciplinary training and academic career (preferred). Selection will be based largely on the applicants ability to work collaboratively on research with one or more of the Roman Family Center for Decision Research faculty members. Thus the applicant should b) indicate one or two faculty members with whom they would be most interested in collaborating (preferred)
- Two letters of recommendation should be sent by recommenders to with the applicants name in the subject line. Please ask the recommender to speak to your potential teaching capabilities.
When applying the document(s) MUSTbe uploaded via the My Experience page in the section titled Application Documents of the application.
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Pay Rate Type
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Pay Range
The included pay rate or range represents the Universitys good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.
Benefits Eligible
The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees including health retirement and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.
Posting Statement
The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression national or ethnic origin shared ancestry age status as an individual with a disability military or veteran status genetic information or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the Universitys Notice of Nondiscrimination.
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Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Intelligence Community Experience
- Python
- Spss
- Microsoft Word
- R
- Regression Analysis
- Windows
- Stata
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Data Modeling
- Writing Skills
