Data Research Assistant Internship is available at the Urban Crime Labs, University of Chicago. The unprecedented growth in the global urban population creates incredible opportunities. However, it also intensifies the most difficult problems cities face, such as concentrated poverty, crime, poor-quality schooling, and pollution. The University of Chicago founded Urban Labs to help address these challenges. Urban Labs is a set of highly synergistic labs focused on undertaking an inquiry and having an impact on five essential dimensions of urban life: crime, education, health, poverty, as well as energy & environment. Moreover, urban Labs partners with cities to identify and rigorously evaluate the policies and programs with the greatest potential to improve human lives at scale.

The temporary Data Research Assistant academic year internship is a great opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of policy research and to develop research skills. This internship position will be part-time for approximately 10-15 hours per week at the University of Chicago.

What will the Data Research Intern do at the University of Chicago?

The intern will be responsible with several tasks in the Urban Crime Labs at the University of Chicago. Some of the responsibilities include:

• Project Development.
• Data entry, reviewing and cleaning.
• Statistical analysis and modeling.
• Literature reviews.
• Writing, formatting, and editing reports and works for dissemination.
• Administrative tasks.

Who is eligible for Data Research Internship?

• Interest in and aptitude for developing advanced programming and analytic skills for working with administrative data required.
• Likewise, strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to synthesize multiple sources required.
• Strong initiative, as well as a resourceful approach to problem-solving and learning.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team required.
• Sound critical thinking skills required.
• Furthermore, strong attention to detail with superb organization skills required.
• Superb analytic skills and attention to detail required.
• Knowledge of the substantive policy area strongly preferred.
• Significant progress towards a degree in a social science discipline such as economics, public policy, statistics, etc., with a strong background in mathematics as well as statistics required.
• Experience with at least one statistical package required, STATA, or R strongly preferred
• Also, proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite required

How to apply for the Internship at the University of Chicago?

Candidates can apply for the Data Research Internship through University of Chicago online portal. While submitting the online application, the candidates should upload documents including:

• Resume
• Cover Letter

Deadline

The deadline to apply for the Data Research Internship is on 31 January 2020. The University of Chicago will not accept the internship application past the deadline.