Junior Research Scientist in the Center for Interacting Urban Networks - Dr. Melina Platas

NYU Abu Dhabi is pioneering a new model of higher education for a global world, dedicated to excellence in teaching and research and to advancing cooperation and progress on humanity?s shared challenges. Drawing on the strengths of the NYU global network, it offers an outstanding liberal arts and sciences education to students from the United Arab Emirates, the United States, and around the world, with a distinctive focus on intercultural understanding and leadership. It supports innovative research and graduate education programs that push forward the frontiers of knowledge and respond in powerful and interdisciplinary ways to vital global and local challenges.

The Center for Interacting Urban Networks, New York University Abu Dhabi, seeks to recruit a Junior Research Scientist to support a set of projects on air pollution and environmental policy in the UAE and globally. These projects include measuring perceptions of and assessing knowledge about air quality, identifying and pursuing strategies to engage with policy makers on environmental issues, and extending efforts in data collection on and public engagement with air quality readings. The successful applicant will contribute to interdisciplinary research centered on these topics.

The qualified candidate will have a Masters in the social sciences and experience working on quantitative analysis. This position requires excellent computational and data management skills.

For consideration, applicants must submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a statement of research interests, a transcript or Degree, and the contact information for referees, who may be contacted through the selection process. The research statement should outline research experience related to the study of air pollution or environmental policy. If you have any questions, please email us at nyuad.cities@nyu.edu.

Evaluations will start immediately until the role is filled. The start date for this position is September 1st, 2026.