Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Cornell Collaborative for International Development Economics Research (CIDER), Cornell University

The CIDER Pre-Doctoral Research Fellowship Program:

The CIDER Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship Program is a full-time post-baccalaureate program designed to prepare individuals wishing to apply for a PhD in Economics Agricultural and Resource Economics Development Studies Public Policy or a related field.

The pre-doctoral research fellow will work closely with one or more faculty whose research interests fall within the broad domain of development economics. The CIDER faculty can be found at Faculty members hiring this year include Chris Barrett Heather Schofield and John Hoddinott.

The role will primarily entail supporting quantitative research and data analysis under various on-going research projects. Field research opportunities are also available for those with necessary language skills and an interest and ability to travel. CIDER Pre-doctoral fellows also have access to broader economics public policy and agricultural environmental and nutritional sciences communities at the university including weekly seminars brown-bag lunches etc. We provide cohort-based training and professional development throughout the course of the fellowship. We expect to hire a cohort of multiple pre-doctoral fellows to join continuing pre-docs.

General duties include but are not limited to:

• Participation in empirical research projects guided closely by faculty members
• Engagement in the intellectual life at Cornell

While position responsibilities vary every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative collaborative open and welcoming; showing respect compassion and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds
• Bachelors degree and 2 to 4 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination.
• Previous coursework in econometrics and statistics and familiarity with statistics software such as Stata or R
• Strong knowledge of economics research techniques and/or methods manifest in coursework and/or prior research experience
• Strong analytical organizational and problem-solving skills attention to detail and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent and professional verbal written and presentations skills
• Ability to work well independently as well as with others and to meet deadlines
• Ability to seek out coordinate and appropriately disseminate information

Preferred Qualifications

Though not required the following qualifications will give priority to applicants:

• Bachelors degree in economics business public policy mathematics statistics or a related field.
• Masters degree in economics business public policy mathematics statistics or a related field
• Relevant research experience (e.g. a senior thesis)
• Additional computer programming languages such as ArcGIS Python or SQL
• Foreign language fluency especially in French Spanish Swahili Tamil and/or Portuguese

This is a 1-year term staff position with the possibility of renewal for up to two years based upon performance and the availability of funding. Those with F-1 OPT/STEM OPT can certain circumstances J-1 sponsorship may be available. No other visa sponsorship or relocation assistance is available for this position.

This is a full-time onsite one year term position based in Ithaca NY. Salary to commensurate with education and experience.

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• Relocation assistance is not available for this position.
• This is a 1-year term staff position with the possibility of renewal for up to two years based upon performance and the availability of funding. Those with F-1 OPT/STEM OPT can certain circumstances J-1 sponsorship may be available. No other visa sponsorship or relocation assistance is available for this position.
• This is a full-time onsite position based in Ithaca.

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