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Research Assistant

Job Req ID:  1905
Employee Category:  Research
Department:  HASS

Project Overview

This research project aims to grasp dynamic changes in hotel capital investments and their influences on tourism-related local businesses before, during, and after the pandemic on two geographic scales -- region (Asia-Pacific) and city (Singapore). This aim is outlined by the following three objectives:

  • Examining the significance of sustainable development attributes in explaining the spatial distribution of new hotel development projects across selected cities in the Asia-Pacific region;
  • Estimating the influences of new hotel development projects on the establishment of tourism-small business enterprises within and around hotel districts in Singapore; and
  • Drawing evidence-based policy implications along with specific measures for cities to rebuild and expand the capacity of urban tourism in the Asia-Pacific region and Singapore.

Job Description

The Research Assistant (one-year contract) will undertake the following research activities:

  • Meeting with the principal investigator (PI) and team members regularly;
  • Supporting the progress of key tasks;
  • Collecting and organizing international hotel investment and other urban spatial datasets
  • Visualizing multiple urban tourism, transport, environment, and economic attributes on a geographic information system (GIS) platform; &
  • Developing hotel location choice and small business birth models
  • Exploring new software applications for spatial data analyses.

This Research Assistant position will be arranged based on the Urban Planning & Economic/Environmental Policy Research Team, led by PI Prof. Jin Murakami, with support from the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences (HASS) Cluster/Green Economy and Sustainability Initiative in SUTD.

 

Requirements

  • Bachelor degree in Urban Planning, Environmental Studies, Economics, Business, Civil Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Science, or related fields*
  • Strong data management and quantitative analysis skills
  • Proficiency with programing, coding, and/or statistical software (e.g., Python, R, STATA)
  • Knowledge and experience of GIS software applications (ArcGIS and/or QGIS)
  • Interest in data visualization skills – preferred
  • Sufficient report writing and communication skills in English

To Apply

Interested applicants should email:

(1) a cover letter expressing specific interest in this position.

(2) a detailed CV with information on (i) education qualifications, (ii) working

experience, (iii) list of publications, (iv) name/title/contact of at least one reference, and (v) citizenship status.

(3) any writing sample to Dr. Jin Murakami at jin_murakami@sutd.edu.sg. Subject should indicate: Full-time Research Assistant – Urban Tourism Research

 

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

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