Student Assistant for Department of International Economics, Government and Business at CBS

Research Assistant @Copenhagen Business School posted 4 weeks ago

Job Description

Researchers at the Department of International Economics, Government and Business are hiring a Student Assistant to support researchers and projects at the department

Qualifications
The successful candidate will assist with the application of virtual reality immersive experiences for research purposes. Prior experience with VR is desired, however, not necessary. As the assignment requires data collection and analysis, strong quantitative skills are required. The work assignments require the ability to work independently and with great attention to detail. The successful candidate has strong knowledge of quantitative data and statistical methods. Prior experience as research assistant will be a plus. You are expected to have a good working understanding of STATA and Microsoft Excel. Additionally, the student assistant will be expected to assist researchers at the department with an array of academic and practical tasks.

The project involves close collaboration with Danish companies and the candidate is expected to have strong communication and interpersonal skills and experience working in the private sector.

The student assistant will be working on average 2.5 hours per week but there is a large degree of flexibility, including during exam periods. The expected start date is 1 July 2025 for a period of 2 years.

Conditions of employment
You are expected to work 2.5 hours per week on average.

You will be employed at Copenhagen Business School according to the HK organisational agreement and the Collective Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and Publicly Employed Organisations (OAO-S Collective Agreement). The salary follows the current collective agreement for student assistants; Current salary level is between DKK 141.14 and DKK 148.06 per hour and and is dependent on previous employment in the office profession and level of education.

It is a prerequisite for employment that you are an active student at a higher education institution.

Application
In order to apply for the position, please use the ‘Apply Online’ button below no later than June 4th, 2025 and attach the following information:

– Letter of motivation, describing why you want the job (max. ½ page)
– Your CV
– Transcript of your grades so far during your university education.

Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sabina Nielsen; sn.egb@cbs.dk.

Closing date: 4 June 2025.

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We are located at Frederiksberg and have approximately 20,000 full and part-time students, 800 full-time faculty members, 200 PhD students and 700 administrative staff, and a full portfolio of bachelor, master, MBA/EMBA, PhD and executive programmes taught in English and Danish. 

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