PaidCloses Dec 31, 2026

Research Assistant

Associate Professor/ Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership Goran Calic at Strategic Management

StrategyOne semesterTwo semestersSummer onlyOne yearMulti-year or ongoing

The project

Research overview

RA experienced in writing academic papers. Interested in writing strategy and innovation papers.

The role

What you would work on

Expected outputs

Authorship, Publication

Criteria

Who this researcher is looking for

These are the criteria this researcher set for this project. Applications are reviewed against these and nothing else. Preferred criteria affect only their own share of the assessment.

Required

  • Previous research experience

    Required

    Marked as required on the posting form.

    Prior research experience

Preferred

  • GPA and academic standing

    High importance

    Weighted on the posting form. No minimum was set, so this reports academic standing rather than filtering on it.

    Academic standing

  • Research interest in Strategy

    High importance

    How closely the student's stated interests line up with this project.

    Research interest

  • Data analysis

    Medium importance

    Skill

  • Data visualization

    Medium importance

    Skill

  • Literature reviews

    Medium importance

    Skill

  • Systematic reviews

    Medium importance

    Skill

  • Scientific writing

    Medium importance

    Skill

  • Generative AI

    Medium importance

    Skill

Preferred skills

Data analysisData visualizationGenerative AILiterature reviewsScientific writingSystematic reviews

Prior research experience is required for this position.

Terms

Compensation

Paid

What you will be asked

Application requirements

This position asks only for your ResearchBridge profile. There are no additional questions.

Who you would work with

About the researcher

Goran Calic

Associate Professor/ Chair in Entrepreneurial Leadership, Strategic Management

Goran Calic is the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship Leadership and Associate Professor of Strategy at McMaster University. He holds a PhD in Strategy, with a minor in economics from Purdue University. His research has been published in Strategic Management Journal, Nature, Harvard Business Review, and other top journals. Previously Calic served as Director of McMaster’s MBA programs. From 2024 to 2025, Calic held a Visiting Scholar appointment in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. He is the founder of NSDA Corp, a company that develops defense-in-depth AI architectures for the most demanding, highly regulated, safety-critical industries, such as nuclear energy.

Creativity & Artificial IntelligenceEntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship & InnovationInnovationManagementStrategic Management