Postdoctoral Fellow of Social Science

Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellow position under the supervision of Professor Jia Miao (https://shanghai.nyu.edu/academics/faculty/directory/jia-miao) at NYU Shanghai starting in Fall 2026. The fellow will work closely with the faculty mentor and will have access to unique and valuable datasets provided by the Center for Applied Social and Economic Research (CASER) at NYU Shanghai (https://caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/) through the Joint Urban Survey and Intervention Lab (JUST Lab) (https://caser.shanghai.nyu.edu/joint-urban-survey-and-intervention-lab/) .



The fellow’s responsibilities include 1) conducting independent research projects with the goal of publishing in high-quality academic journals, 2) collaborating with the faculty mentor on ongoing research, including literature reviews, data processing, and data analysis, 3) contributing to CASER research projects, including data harmonization, statistical analysis, and report writing, and 4) a...