Research Support Assistant

1 month ago


Bristol, United Kingdom University of Bristol Full time

**The role**:
The research intends to develop novel, interdisciplinary methods that facilitate the systematic extraction of information from historical maps and other images (e.g., paintings) to study the evolution of cities and countries in the long run. The project is an international collaboration of economists with an interest in quantitative methods involving: Yanos Zylberberg (Bristol, PI), Laurent Gobillon (PSE-CNRS), Stephan Heblich (Toronto), Clement Gorin (Paris 1 Sorbonne), Pierre-Philippe Combes (ENS Lyon), Marcel Fortin (Toronto), Steve Redding (Princeton), Gilles Duranton (Wharton UPenn).

The project is funded by Open Research Area (ORA) for the Social Sciences ANR-DFG-ESRC-SSHRC.

**What will you be doing?**:
The research assistant would be expected to support the research project “MAPHIS: Mapping History-What Historical Maps Can Tell Us About Urban Development”, an international collaboration between researchers in the UK, France, Canada and the United States.
- **Developing machine-learning classification techniques for visual recognition**.

**Additional information**:
**Our strategy and mission**:
We recently launched our strategy to 2030 tying together our mission, vision and values.

**_The University of Bristol aims to be a place where everyone feels able to be themselves and do their best in an _**
**_inclusive working environment where all colleagues can thrive and reach their full potential._**
**_ We want _**
**_to attract, develop, and retain individuals_**
**_ with different experiences, backgrounds and perspectives - particularly people of colour, LGBT+ and disabled people - because diversity of people and ideas remains integral to our excellence as a global civic institution._**

JOB NUMBER***

**ACAD107373**:
CONTRACT TYPE/WORK PATTERN***

**Fixed-terM/Full or part time**:
POSTING END DATE***

**11 Feb 2024**:
FACULTY/DIVISION***

**Faculty of Social Sciences and Law**:
SALARY***

**£32,982 - £37,099 Per annum (pro rata if part time)**:


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