CSIRO - Eco Science Precinct Placement Opportunity
CSIRO is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.
CSIRO in parternship with UQ's Graduate School, is offering to PhD candidates an opportunity to work in the "Investigating diversity, inclusion and belonging in the science and technology sector" project roject to develop their research and transferable skills through a HDR placement. PhD candidates in Psychology or with Psychology background are welcome to apply.
Intended start date: September 2024 (Specific date negotiable).
Total days: 60 working days.
Location: CSIRO Eco Science Precint, Dutton Park.
EOIs closes on Sunday 15th September 2024. Please apply using the "APPLY" button below with a resume and cover letter outlining your interest in applying.(please do not submit a my.UQ request for this placement). The week after, we will start to contact shortlisted students to organise interviews with the host supervisor.
About the project
We wish to understand more about how to measure and deliver diversity, inclusion, and belonging within science and technology sectors. Here at CSIRO, the values of diversity, inclusion, and belonging are intrinsic to our way of working, but we are aware that there is more to be done when it comes to translating these values into the changing landscape that is responsible science and technology. We have collected a dataset from our own employees and from which we are keen to explore these issues, looking at questions such as how neurodiversity impacts employee experiences and outcomes. This dataset includes both quantitative and qualitative data, and we are looking for a PhD candidate who can achieve the following outcomes:
- Meet with the DIB committee.
- Tidy the data in preparation for analysis.
- Conduct descriptive analysis on data.
- Collaborate with the DIB team to identify exploratory questions to be addressed in both quantitative and qualitative data.
- Explore significance testing analysis in response to research questions.
- Run a simple first-stage thematic analysis on the qualitative data.
- Liaise with DIB committee representative regularly on task progress.
- Prepare a summary report (for internal purposes only) on these analyses.
- Present the summary report to the DIB committee (online).
- Contribute to the scoping of an external peer-reviewed output, if appropriate.
Our ideal candidate would have knowledge and interest in the following areas:
- Psychology, specifically organisational psychology.
- Translating diversity, inclusion and belonging into workplace practice.
- Science and technology development practice.
- Responsible and ethical innovation practice.
- Data analysis (preferably in R).
- Thematic analsysis.