Postdoctoral Fellow, Center Geographic Analysis; CGA

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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA)

Center for Geographic Analysis (CGA) – Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS), Harvard University.

As a CGA Postdoctoral Fellow, you will help build and sustain Harvard’s cross-disciplinary geographic analytical capacity, support GIS teaching and training, and provide researchers, students, and instructors with cutting‑edge methods, data, and software.

• Develop and offer state‑of‑the‑discipline geographic data science training workshops, including desktop GIS, to Harvard community members (30 % of time).
• Contribute to CGA’s research support activities through consultation, project development, and collaboration on research outputs, including peer‑reviewed papers (30 % of time).
• Develop an independent research profile and pursue collaborations with internal and external researchers, including proposals for externally funded research (30 % of time).
• Participate in networking and community‑building activities to enhance CGA’s visibility in geography and spatial science (10 % of time).

Full‑time, benefits‑eligible. Salary $70,000–$80,000 per year. One‑year appointment with possibility of renewal. Expected start:
Fall 2026.

• Demonstrated experience with spatial analytic methods that address substantive spatial social science questions.
• Ph.D. in geography, GIScience, or a related social science.

• Experience developing and teaching spatial methods, especially desktop GIS, R, and Python.

• Interest or experience in spatial AI approaches.
• Comfort with research project development/management and willingness to contribute to others’ research across a variety of domains.

• Curriculum Vitae and cover letter (required).
• Research statement.
• Contact information for three references (at least two senior‑faculty experts).
• Sample paper (optional).

Applications must be received by Monday, July 6, 2026.

Lisa Galvin, IQSS Academic Affairs Coordinator
lgalvinvard.edu

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