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Location: Hong Kong office (preferred) with remote/flexible work

Type: Part-time or full-time contract (12 months, possible extension)

About One Earth

One Earth is a non-profit founded by Poman Lo, a sustainability top voice and evangelist for collective well-being, to advocate for Asia’s sustainable future during the Decade of Action by uniting leaders across government, business, philanthropy and academia to co-create a well-being economy and mainstream impact investing. Poman, an impact leader committed to advancing systemic change in Asia, established the One Earth Institute to empower the next generation of impact leaders. Our One Earth NextGen programs accelerate tech-for-good innovations, while the One Earth Alliance bridges catalytic capital, policy, and technology through public-private-philanthropic partnerships—join us to scale solutions that deliver thriving people and planet.

Overview

Join a multidisciplinary research team supporting a portfolio of projects exploring why pro-environmental and prosocial intentions often fail to translate into sustained action. Research topics include connection (interconnectedness, compassion), agency, intrinsic/extrinsic motivation, behavior change, mindfulness, organizational and consumer behavior, and intervention design across cultural contexts.

Key Responsibilities

Lead/support study design, literature reviews, and protocol development across projects
Develop surveys, experiments, and intervention materials; assist with piloting and fidelity checks
Recruit and coordinate participants and manage fieldwork in Hong Kong and across Asia
Clean, code, and analyze quantitative and qualitative data (R/SPSS/Stata; NVivo/ATLAS.ti or similar)
Draft IRB/ethics submissions, pre-registrations, methods sections, reports, and manuscripts
Prepare policy/practice briefs and present findings to academic and practitioner audiences
Manage project documentation, timelines, data storage, and partner coordination

Research Specialist/Assistant - Psychology & Sustainability

One Earth recruitment