The Research Associate will assist in: designing and co-ordinating research with a focus on poverty, inequality and income distribution issues; developing the World Income and Inequality Database; developing research projects and organizing meetings/ conferences; and dissemination.

The Research Associate will assist in research and undertake independent research on selected research project(s) of UNU-WIDER, with a focus on governance and fragility, and assist with teaching and supervision of UNU-WIDER PhD Research Interns.

The Research Associate will support the development of educational and research programmes and the exchange and joint activities between the UNU postgraduate programmes and Graduate Programme in Sustainability Science — Global Leadership Initiative programme.