Research Assistant – Learning Analytics & AI in Education

About the role

The National Institute of Education seeks a Research Assistant for a 12‑month renewable contract at the Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice. You will support a project developing a trustworthy, accountable, and explainable framework for Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in Education.

Key responsibilities

• Assist with overall project management and coordination of research activities.
• Develop research protocols, instruments, and study procedures.
• Conduct comprehensive literature reviews and synthesize findings.
• Perform SWOT analyses of existing Learning Analytics and AIEd frameworks.
• Coordinate engagement with an international expert panel.
• Support survey design, administration, participant recruitment, and data collection.
• Manage research databases, ensuring proper data storage, documentation, and governance.
• Conduct quantitative data analysis (cleaning, descriptive and inferential statistics, survey analysis) under supervision.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Education, Social Sciences, Psychology, Learning Sciences, Data Analytics, Computer Science, Information Studies, Law, Public Policy, or a related discipline.
• Prior research experience in educational research, learning analytics, AI in education, educational technology, technology governance, or ethics.
• Familiarity with ethics review processes, research protocol development, and data protection issues.
• Experience with qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, literature reviews, framework analysis, SWOT analysis, survey administration, or thematic/content analysis.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong organizational abilities.

Required skills

• NVivo
• SPSS
• R
• Python