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Mid LevelFull-timeGit
Salary Range
$59,500 - $80,500 /year
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The Shorenstein Center seeks a full-time Senior Data Scientist with a background in computational social science to lead the technical design and analysis for a new research project examining how individuals navigate the online environment, starting with voter registration and voting information. The project integrates large-scale behavioral web browsing data and survey data to map digital information pathways and assess their association with civic participation outcomes.
Job-Specific Responsibilities:
The Senior Data Scientist will play a central role in developing systems to identify voting-related search behavior, classify web domains (e.g., government, nonprofit, media, social media, political actors), and model navigation pathways across digital environments. Responsibilities include building and managing secure research datasets; designing query detection and URL classification pipelines; conducting large-scale behavioral sequence analysis; and integrating behavioral data with survey and administrative records for statistical modeling.
The position requires close collaboration with social scientists, survey researchers, engineers, and external partners. The Senior Data Scientist will contribute to research design, methodological development, statistical analysis, and co-authorship of reports and academic publications. This role is both technical and strategic, requiring independent leadership in data architecture and analytic execution.
 
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