Research Associate – Mentorship Track
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Observatory Research Associate role focusing on policy-relevant research regarding organized crime and illicit economies in West Africa. Providing mentorship and gaining experience within an international research network.
Responsibilities:
- Draft short pieces for publication, and contribute to longer analytical pieces.
- Support the West Africa Observatory with secondary data collection and analysis including literature reviews.
- Conduct OSINT on identified leads or thematic priorities, including through the use of AI tools, monitor social media accounts, and assessing vessel movements and corporate registry structures.
- Compile datasets, analyse trends and correlations, develop write-ups of findings.
- Participate in and contribute to team meetings, methodological development discussions and, where feasible, interviews and external-facing meetings.
Requirements:
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant subject (international relations, conflict, security, economics or similar).
- Ongoing or completed masters or PhD in a subject relevant to organized crime and/or conflict.
- Demonstrated research experience on organized crime, illicit economies, conflict, governance or security issues, preferably with a focus on West Africa, and applying political economy approaches.
- Proficiency in French and English.
- Strong excel skills and proven experience building and analysing quantitative datasets.
- Experience in applying OSINT methodologies and tools as part of research (including social media analysis, corporate structure tracking and vessel tracking).
- Proficiency using AI tools in research and analysis.
Benefits:
- Direct mentorship from senior GI-TOC researchers and practitioners.
- Experience contributing to research with real-world policy implications focussing on illicit economies and their intersections with conflict and instability, organized crime actors and modus operandi, and West Africa’s evolving cocaine and synthetic drug markets.
- Exposure to advanced OSINT and analytical methodologies.
- Opportunities to contribute to published outputs focussing on illicit economies, conflict, and criminal networks in West Africa.
- Experience working within an international research network.
- Professional development and networking opportunities across the GI-TOC community.
- Participation in in-person meetings and networking opportunities where practicable.
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