Research Fellow – Active Mobility & Health Behaviour

About the role

The Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information seeks a Research Fellow to join a multidisciplinary project on active commuting, health communication, and behavioural change in Singapore. You will help design, implement, and evaluate research that quantifies and communicates the health benefits of walking, cycling, and public transport.

Key responsibilities

• Design and validate research instruments such as surveys, focus‑group guides, experimental stimuli and intervention materials.
• Lead ethics (IRB) applications and ensure compliance with data governance.
• Develop mixed‑methods study designs, including wearable‑device validation and field experiments.
• Oversee participant recruitment and data collection for quantitative and qualitative components.
• Manage and analyse large‑scale survey, behavioural and wearable‑device datasets using statistical and econometric techniques.
• Produce technical reports, policy briefs, presentations and academic outputs for stakeholders and funding agencies.

Required profile

• PhD in behavioural science, transport studies, psychology, public health, economics, communication, data science or a related discipline.
• Strong expertise in quantitative research methods; mixed‑methods experience is a plus.
• Experience with large‑scale survey, mobility or wearable‑device datasets is advantageous.

Required skills

• R
• Stata
• SPSS
• Python

What we offer

• Opportunity to work in a world‑class research environment with international faculty.
• Access to state‑of‑the‑art laboratories and multidisciplinary collaboration.