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Assistant Professor @BerkeleyHaas @berkeleyecon , Co-Director of Cities Research @The_IGC

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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
🚨Full-Time Pre-doc Position🚨 I am hiring a full-time pre-doc to work for me for two years. Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in Nigeria, Jordan and India? Read more below and apply here:
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Nick Tsivanidis
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🚨 Full-Time Pre-doc Position at UC Berkeley🚨 Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low- and middle-income countries? Come work for me as a full-time predoc based at Berkeley Haas.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
🗺️Summer Research Assistant for Summer Research Project: Measuring Slums from Space 🗺️ Prof Nick Tsivanidis (UC Berkeley) is looking to bring on board a research assistant for a summer project (approximately 10-12 weeks).
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
🚐🚐Research Assistant for Research Project: Informal Transit Networks In Lagos. Prof Nick Tsivanidis (UC Berkeley) is hoping to bring on board a research assistant for a project (approximately 16 weeks).
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
🚍🚨 Research Assistant Position🚍🚨 My research team is looking for a research assistant to work on a project on informal transit in Nigeria. The position will involve running 3 RCTs to measure demand and supply in the market.
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@NTsivanidis
Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
🚨Full-Time Pre-doc Position🚨 Want to get your hands dirty with big data, economic modeling and empirical work across projects in low and middle income countries? Read more below and apply here:
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Nick Tsivanidis
4 years
My research team is looking for a Lagos-based Field Coordinator to work on an RCT evaluating the impact of a new bus system. Ideal candidate will have experience managing large surveys, knowledge of RCTs, and experience interfacing with gvt officials (1/2)
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Nick Tsivanidis
6 years
An honor to meet the man who introduced the system, and discuss additional policy implications of the research and the ways in which the city continues to improve mobility.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
The project consists of using machine vision techniques to measure slums from high resolution satellite imagery across a number of Indian cities. The work will focus on manipulating satellite imagery and shapefiles, to create inputs and labels for the machine learning model.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
If you or someone you know who is proficient at coding in Python and using GIS tools would be interested in learning about the full details of the project and how to join the project, please write an email titled "RA Slum Position" to ntsivanidis.positions @gmail .com.
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Nick Tsivanidis
4 years
If interested, email nigeria.transport.fc @gmail .com with a CV, 1-2 paragraphs describing your fit for the role, and a reference. (2/2)
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
The job posting is here:
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 months
@romandzarate and IGC Cities that Work are looking for a research assistant to help develop and expand a spatial economic model for use by practitioners in low- and middle-income countries:
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
The work will entail getting exposure to structural economic modeling, working with big datasets, empirical analysis and data processing/cleaning. The candidate will work with programs such as Stata, Matlab, GIS and Python.
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Nick Tsivanidis
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The work will entail getting exposure to structural economic modeling, working with big datasets, empirical analysis and data processing/cleaning. The candidate will work with programs such as Stata, Matlab, GIS and Python. Prior RA + Professional Experience is a plus,
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
The project consists of using survey data collected by our team to evaluate the impact of a bus reform in Lagos, Nigeria, as well as helping to design and implement randomized controlled trials with commuters and informal bus drivers to estimate a structural model
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Nick Tsivanidis
5 months
You will work a variety of projects at the intersection of development and urban economics, in settings like Nigeria and Brazil.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
of the informal transit industry. If you or someone you know who is proficient at Stata and using GIS tools would be interested in learning about the full details of the project and how to join the project, please contact Nick at ntsivanidis.teaching @gmail .com.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
@herrerajuans Nice! We're using 30-50cm high res imagery though, which I don't believe is available from freely available sources like GEE.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
@steven_metz @DenisonBe Hi Steve. That language was not added by me: of course anyone should apply and every application will be reviewed!
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
The position is for a minimum 4 months with potential to extend to 6 (perhaps slightly more). We are looking for someone who can be based in Lagos for at least two months (ideally more), and ideally has some experience with fieldwork as well as data analysis in Stata/Python.
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Nick Tsivanidis
5 months
The job will be based in Berkeley, CA. Unfortunately the university cannot sponsor visas for this position. We welcome as diverse a pool of applicants as possible, so please apply!!
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Nick Tsivanidis
5 months
Link to apply: Job ID (for the keyword) is 67672
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Nick Tsivanidis
6 years
@ckhead @TradeDiversion Godwin's law for trade economists...
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
Please follow the instructions on the job posting to apply. Thanks!
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Nick Tsivanidis
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Nick Tsivanidis
6 years
@Rfelipebernal Yes I allow commuters to have different preferences for transit modes (walk, car, bus, TransMilenio) other than time and estimate them using commuting microdata.
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
Applicants from Nigeria, the region, or close to the WAT time zone preferred (in that order!)
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
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Nick Tsivanidis
6 years
@Rfelipebernal I find workers prefer the modes in the order above, reflecting what I think is overcrowding of the system.
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Nick Tsivanidis
3 years
Current projects include understanding the informal transit industry in Lagos, Nigeria; using cellphone + admin data to measure refugee migration and impacts on urban Jordan; and using machine vision to measure the response of slums to high-end housing developments in Mumbai.
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Nick Tsivanidis
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Nick Tsivanidis
2 years
We are recruiting for two full-time positions: one to work with me, another to work with my colleague @LevyAntoine .
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Nick Tsivanidis
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@NTsivanidis
Nick Tsivanidis
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You will work a variety of projects at the intersection of development and urban economics.
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Nick Tsivanidis
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