Research Opportunities - Open for new apps as of Summer 2025

If you are interested in joining BEDLab as a research assistant (RA) and have at least a 3.5 GPA, please fill out the application form here: BEDLab application. We accept applications on a rolling basis, but preference is given to students who 1) are interested a career in academia (i.e., in pursuing a PhD), 2) have interest in behavioral science/behavioral economics/decision making, and 3) have more time left at UCR (i.e., not graduating soon). Honors students seeking a capstone mentor are also welcome.

RAs are expected to be available to do 3-6+ hours of work per week (although most weeks will be less) and to attend a 1hr weekly lab meeting (currently Thursday afternoons 3:30-4:30 in the School of Business Building). Responsibilities include collecting survey data, coding qualitative data, and providing feedback on experimental designs and results.

In addition to students who have an interest in our research topics, we also have a few openings for RAs with strong data analysis skills (majoring in business analytics, statistics, data science, actuarial science, etc.) to help analyze experimental data and work on projects using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning techniques.