CMS Executive Committee Member and Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Dr. Vince Hopkins is accepting applications for a fully-funded PhD position in Canadian politics and immigration. The methodological focus involves data science, especially randomized experiments. The position will start September 2024.
The Opportunity
This is a unique, fully-funded PhD position for a student interested in using data science to study Canadian politics and immigration. The successful applicant will benefit from excellent social and professional opportunities, including Dr. Hopkins’s new Behavioural Public Policy Lab, UBC’s Centre for Migration Studies, and the research group of the Canada First Research Excellence Fund project, “Migrant Integration in the mid-21st Century: Bridging Divides.”
What We’re Looking For
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Skills: Some quantitative methods & statistical programming (e.g., R, Stata, or Python).
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Interests: Canadian politics, immigration, behaviour/psychology, public policy.
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Methods: Interest in experiments (survey/lab/field) or causal inference w/ “Big Data.”
What You Will Gain
- Competitive Funding: Financial stability for up to 6 years so you can focus on research, plus support for international training in data science and political methodology.
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Exceptional Academic Environment: Top-rate instruction from world-leading scholars, plus collaborative opportunities with government and civil society organizations.
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Impact: Make a real-world difference by shaping policy and scholarly inquiry.
Application Procedure
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Submit an expression of interest here
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Eligible applicants will receive additional information about specific funding amounts.
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Successful applicants will have to submit a full doctoral application through UBC.
