Harvard University Project on Environmental and Climate Impacts of China’s Overseas Investments
RA will have the opportunity to gather and pre-process data for a project on the environmental and energy impacts of China’s overseas investments. RA will gain practical experience in all aspects of research design, including data collection, preparation, and quantitative analysis.
Job highlights:
-Competitive hourly salary depending on skills and experience
This position is with the Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA)/IQSS at Harvard. The project is to conduct research on the design and development of an online platform for geospatial data management, analysis and visualization. The platform is the core infrastructure for case-based study and training.
Since 2019, the project (and the resulting platform) has evolved from China Data Lab to Spatial Data Lab, a joint initiative between Harvard University’s Center for Geographic Analysis, China Data Institute and Future Data Lab. The project’s objective is to enable researchers to...
Period of Work: Flexible from now to the end of August.
Remuneration: GBP68/day or ~USD94/day over 21 days, hourly basis is also possible
Location: Remote
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