Description

The mission of the Institut national d'études démographiques, a public scientific and technological establishment (EPST), is to conduct research into various demographic issues (fertility and the family, health and mortality, migration, etc.) and to inform the public about current developments. Ined is multidisciplinary in terms of both its recruitment and the research it carries out. It employs a total of 250 people (permanent staff, contract staff and doctoral students) and welcomes a large number of associate researchers and foreign guests. INED is at the heart of a network of national and international research partnerships.

The EqualHealth project, funded by the ANR for a period of 3 years (2025-2028), aims to improve knowledge of the links between non-standard work schedules and mental health over the life course in the EU, with a focus on France and the UK. Particular attention will be paid to gender variations in these processes.

The research is based on the analysis of national cohorts and panel dataset, and a large corpus of biographical interviews. The EqualHealth research team consists of six researchers from various disciplines (sociology, demography, political science, public health) and institutions (INED, University of Southampton, Sciences Po Paris, CNRS, Panthéon Sorbonne University, Rouen-Normandie University).

The main task of the person recruited will be to analyse UK panel data (UKHLS https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/).
In addition, in coordination with the EqualHealth team, the person recruited will be involved in:
- literature review;
- constructing and harmonising variables between databases;
- writing papers for academic journals;
- participating in the team's collective activities (meetings, scientific events, etc.) and conferences;

The person recruited will work under the supervision of Anne LAMBERT (researcher at INED, P.I. of the EqualHealth Project) and Afshin ZILANAWALA (Associate Professor, Southampton University). She/he will be administratively attached to INED.
In addition, she/he will have the opportunity to participate in INED wide activities (seminars, etc.). In accordance with INED's policy on hosting post-docs, the post-doc recruited will be able to devote 20% of her/his time to her/his own work: publication or promotion of previous work, personal research, preparation of applications for research careers. (https://www.ined.fr/fichier/rte/General/Recherche/Postdocs/Charte-chercheurs-contractuels.pdf)

Requirements

The person recruited must hold a PdD in sociology demography, or an allied social science (e.g. public policy, psychology, economics). The skills expected are:

- Strong quantitative analysis skills in using panel data, household surveys, or cohorts, including data management and application of longitudinal quantitative methods;
- A strong knowledge of R software and/or STATA;
- Fluency in writing and oral skills in English; Knowledge of French would be a plus;
- Familiarity with academic writing and publishing;
- An interest in the project's themes (work schedules, mental health, gender, family studies, inequalities etc.)