Research Associate – Human‑AI Collaboration (12‑month contract)

About the role

The National Institute of Education is hiring a Research Associate on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract to work in the Office for Research. The role focuses on the project “Optimising Learning in Human‑AI Collaboration (HAC) for Intelligence Augmentation (IA)”, which aims to harness generative AI as an intellectual partner for students.

Key responsibilities

• Fine‑tune AI prompts for teaching and learning and deploy AI functions on digital learning platforms.
• Design and administer survey questionnaires to assess university students’ HAC literacy, perceptions, and cognitive engagement.
• Collect, process, and analyse fNIRS, EEG, and eye‑tracking data to generate metrics such as inter‑brain synchrony, fixation duration, and saccades.
• Write research reports, academic papers, and other documentation related to the project.
• Collaborate with the Principal Investigator and the research team, and perform other duties as assigned.

Required profile

• Master’s degree in educational technology, learning sciences, computer science, or a closely related field.
• Strong written and spoken English communication skills.
• Self‑motivated, meticulous, and able to work across interdisciplinary teams.
• Ability to multitask and collaborate within a research environment.

Required skills

• Prompt engineering for educational contexts.
• Integration of AI‑driven features within learning management systems.
• Survey questionnaire design and educational experiment methodology.
• Operation of fNIRS, EEG, and eye‑tracking equipment.
• Data processing and analysis using relevant programming and analysis tools.
• Writing of research reports and academic papers.