Assistant Professor / Associate Professor (IPUR-SSHSPH)
Job Description
The National University of Singapore (NUS) is recruiting one full-time staff to be jointly appointed in the Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (IPUR) and the Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH). The position is on a research or practice track appointment. In addition to an attractive salary and benefits package, new faculty members may be eligible for a start-up grant to initiate their independent stream of research. Candidates relocating to Singapore may be eligible for subsidised university accommodation. The candidate will be appointed as Lead Scientist at IPUR for its Health and Lifestyle research pillar.
Researchers active in one or more of the following areas are particularly encouraged to apply:
- Health risk communication, including the study and application of theories, models, and empirical methods to understand, design, and evaluate the communication of scientific evidence across diverse populations and socio-cultural contexts;
- Health promotion, encompassing strategic, digital, and data-driven approaches to influence health behaviours, including the use of emerging communication technologies and the management of misinformation, disinformation, and infodemics;
- Social or behavioural science research on:
- Determinants of individual and collective health-related decision-making, including cognitive, emotional, cultural, and contextual influences on risk perception, trust, and behaviour;
- Multilevel factors influencing the prevention, control, and mitigation of communicable and non-communicable diseases, including the role of communication, policy, and health systems in shaping population outcomes; and
- The design, implementation, and evaluation of innovative, scalable community, national, and transnational strategies and interventions that integrate communication, behavioural science, and policy to achieve measurable improvements in socio-behavioural and health outcomes
Job Requirements
Research Track Candidates:
- Recognised Doctoral degree in a relevant discipline (communications, behavioural studies, sociology, psychology, or other relevant social science disciplines) with strong post-doctoral research records;
- A track record of publishing in high-impact international peer-reviewed journals;
- Experience in leading independent research studies or a key component within larger research programmes;
- Ability to generate and maintain an independent stream of research funding;
- Ability to teach public health courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;
- Ability to work in multidisciplinary teams;
- Ability to work with culturally diverse populations.
Candidates will need to show a strong commitment to publishing at the highest level and a record of research excellence in theoretically sound, empirically grounded, and policy-relevant research. Applicants whose research and writing focus on risk communication in Asia will have an advantage.
Practice Track Candidates: Candidates should have 3 years or more experience at a senior management level in government, the private sector or media in the analysis and communication of safety and risk.
Impact and Engagement: Applicants should be keen to engage with policy-makers and scholarly communities in Asia and around the world, producing and communicating work that has an impact on the important questions and problems that confront Asia and the contemporary world. IPUR and SSHSPH have a dedicated media team to augment and extend the reach of research to policy-makers and the general public.
Interested candidates are encouraged to find out more at https://ipur.nus.edu.sg and https://www.sph.nus.edu.sg.
Application Procedure
To apply, please submit a cover letter specifying your research and/or teaching interests and experience, your full curriculum vitae, and the contact information of three references to:
Miss CHUA Wen Xi, Sophie
Academic Affairs Office
Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health
National University of Singapore
Email: wchua@nus.edu.sg
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
About IPUR and SSHSPH
Founded in 1905, the National University of Singapore is consistently ranked among the world's top 30 universities and Asia's top 2 universities. It is an innovative, research-intensive university with over 36,000 students from 100 countries.
IPUR is a university-level research institute at the National University of Singapore. Supported by a generous gift from the Lloyd's Register Foundation, IPUR is the first international academic and public outreach institution of its kind in Asia. IPUR undertakes risk research on the scientific understanding of risk and its practical application through a multi-disciplinary approach that brings together science, engineering, social sciences, and humanities. The institute has three research focuses – Environment and Climate, Health and Lifestyle, and Data and Technology.
The Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health (SSHSPH) builds upon over 60 years of experience in research, teaching and practice formerly as a department and for over 10 years as an independent school. With a focus on the health of Asian populations, the School highlights:
- Identifying, developing and testing innovative solutions that integrate different research discoveries into potential public health actions;
- Collecting, collating and integrating data and evidence to inform public health policies;
- Implementing a broad-based curriculum that focuses on the multidisciplinary nature of public health problems and solutions.
The School actively collaborates with many partners including the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the University of Michigan School of Public Health.
At the postgraduate level, the School’s flagship programme leads to the Master of Public Health (MPH) degree. The MPH Programme attracts students from a wide range of disciplines from within Singapore and throughout the region.
