Research Associate in Living Labs and Citizen Science (f/m) - Ref : 25-24

The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) 

is recruiting a

Research Associate in Living Labs and Citizen Science (f/m)

• Ref: 25-24
• 24 months fixed-term working contract at LISER
• Full-time, 40 hours/week
• Department: Urban Development and Mobility (UDM)
• Work location: Belval (Luxembourg)
• Starting date : as soon as possible

Project description

For the Horizon Europe project REGEN (REGENeration of neighbourhoods towards a low-carbon, inclusive and affordable built environment), LISER is looking for a Research Associate (Postdoc) who will work at the forefront of innovation in a dynamic community of researchers and stakeholders in Europe to address sustainability challenges. You will be contributing to the research and implementation of interactive co-creation processes in living labs to identify and test digital planning solutions to reach environmental sustainability, economic revitalization and social inclusion. In addition, via citizen science activities engagement of citizens in scientific activities and decision-making processes will be tested.

The project Data Driven Energy Transition is part of the National Centre of Excellence in Research (NCER) programme, an initiative of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR). In this project, LISER works closely together with LIST and SNT of the University of Luxembourg. For different energy transition scenarios, living labs will be organized with different energy stakeholders in Luxembourg.

Your role

In this context, the successful candidate will have the following missions:

Within this position, you take the lead in organizing living labs and citizen science activities in REGEN and D2ET :

• Develop implementation guides for living labs and citizen science activities;
• Develop and implement a set of qualitative and design thinking methodologies;
• Develop a set of assessment methods for the performance of living labs and citizen science activities;
• Monitor implementation to ensure consistency; 
• Analyse survey and context results, both quantitatively (e.g. semantic analysis, word clouds) and qualitatively (e.g. content analysis);
• Report on the performance of living labs and citizen science activities;
• (Co-)publish results in top-ranked academic journals;
• Submitting research proposal for competitive funding.

Your profile

• PhD in Social Sciences or Humanities (Social or Human Geography, Sociology or other relevant field) or equivalent with qualifications in line with the expectations of the position;
• Based on disciplinary background and experience good understanding of technological challenges and proven ability to collaborate effectively with engineers;
• Good experience working with living labs and citizen science methods in several European countries, with capacity to engage diverse stakeholder groups;
• Sound knowledge and expertise in qualitative and design thinking methods;
• Sound knowledge on quantitative analytical methods;
• Proactive attitude and capable of creating change;
• Excellent organization and communication skills;
• Capable of working in multi-stakeholder environments;
• Having published in peer-reviewed international journals;
• Fluent in English; knowledge of one of Luxembourg's 3 official languages (French, German, Luxembourgish) is considered as advantage.

LISER particularly encourages female applicants to apply

What we offer

• A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment ;
• Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking ;
• Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Labour Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.) ;
• Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences) ;
• 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.

The yearly gross salary for full-time employment is set to 92123,25 euros.

How to apply

Please submit your complete application in English via https://jobs.liser.lu/jobs by including the following documents :

• Curriculum vitae ;
• Motivation letter ;
• Copy of your PhD diploma ;
• Two contact details of referees.

Please note that the position will remain open until filled

Would you have any work-related question, please contact Prof. Martin DIJST at martin.dijst@liser.lu.

For administrative matters, please contact Mrs. Vanya KIROVA at recruitment@liser.lu.

Why LISER?

LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level.

The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH) and of Science and Technology (LIST). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform.

LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer