Research Assistant – Human‑IoT Communication for Seniors

About the role

The Privacy and Emotion Lab at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information seeks a Research Assistant to support a project designing human‑IoT communication that motivates seniors to engage in self‑directed health prevention. The focus is on relatively healthy seniors aged 60+.

Key responsibilities

• Track project expenditures, prepare financial and progress reports.
• Liaise with vendors to procure equipment, software, and participant incentives.
• Recruit participants for interviews and surveys.
• Coordinate logistics such as interview scheduling and facility booking.
• Conduct literature reviews and assist with basic research tasks.
• Collect qualitative (interviews) and quantitative (surveys) data.
• Analyze data using SPSS, Mplus, and other statistical tools.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in communication studies, psychology, or a related social‑science field.
• Strong project‑management and multitasking abilities.
• Academic writing competence.
• Capability to run standard statistical tests; knowledge of advanced tests (moderation/mediation, hierarchical regression) is a plus.
• Team player with effective communication skills.
• Prior experience as a project officer or research assistant is preferred.

Required skills

• Quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Statistical analysis using SPSS.
• Statistical modeling with Mplus.