# Competences — behavioural scientist

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/441a5b76-2f51-4704-9df7-3b8e715dd3ad).

## Essential

- **apply for research funding** (skill/competence)
- **apply knowledge of human behaviour** (skill/competence)
- **apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities** (skill/competence)
- **apply scientific methods** (skill/competence)
- **apply statistical analysis techniques** (skill/competence)
- **biology** (knowledge)
- **communicate with a non-scientific audience** (skill/competence)
- **conduct research across disciplines** (skill/competence)
- **demonstrate disciplinary expertise** (skill/competence)
- **develop professional network with researchers and scientists** (skill/competence)
- **disseminate results to the scientific community** (skill/competence)
- **draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation** (skill/competence)
- **empirical analysis** (knowledge)
- **evaluate research activities** (skill/competence)
- **increase the impact of science on policy and society** (skill/competence)
- **integrate gender dimension in research** (skill/competence)
- **interact professionally in research and professional environments** (skill/competence)
- **manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data** (skill/competence)
- **manage intellectual property rights** (skill/competence)
- **manage open publications** (skill/competence)
- **manage personal professional development** (skill/competence)
- **manage research data** (skill/competence)
- **mentor individuals** (skill/competence)
- **operate open source software** (skill/competence)
- **pedagogy** (knowledge)
- **perform project management** (skill/competence)
- **perform scientific research** (skill/competence)
- **promote open innovation in research** (skill/competence)
- **promote the participation of citizens in scientific and research activities** (skill/competence)
- **promote the transfer of knowledge** (skill/competence)
- **provide clinical psychological counselling** (skill/competence)
- **psychological counselling methods** (knowledge)
- **psychology** (knowledge)
- **publish academic research** (skill/competence)
- **report analysis results** (skill/competence)
- **research design** (knowledge)
- **research human behaviour** (skill/competence)
- **scientific literature** (knowledge)
- **sociology** (knowledge)
- **speak different languages** (skill/competence)
- **statistics** (knowledge)
- **synthesise information** (skill/competence)
- **think abstractly** (skill/competence)
- **write scientific publications** (skill/competence)
- **write work-related reports** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- animal behaviour (knowledge)
- anthropology (knowledge)
- applied zoology (knowledge)
- apply blended learning (skill/competence)
- apply clinical psychological treatment (skill/competence)
- apply systemic design thinking (skill/competence)
- apply teaching strategies (skill/competence)
- assess animal behaviour (skill/competence)
- assist police investigations (skill/competence)
- conduct public surveys (skill/competence)
- conduct qualitative research (skill/competence)
- conduct quantitative research (skill/competence)
- create criminal profiles (skill/competence)
- create individual treatment programmes (skill/competence)
- criminology (knowledge)
- demography (knowledge)
- develop scientific theories (skill/competence)
- develop solutions for harmful behaviour (skill/competence)
- disability care (knowledge)
- experimental psychology (knowledge)
- inform policy makers on health-related challenges (skill/competence)
- multidisciplinary research (knowledge)
- observe human behaviour (skill/competence)
- oversee animal management (skill/competence)
- phenomenology (knowledge)
- provide technical expertise (skill/competence)
- psychological treatment measures (knowledge)
- quantitative analysis (knowledge)
- scientific research methodology (knowledge)
- teach in academic or vocational contexts (skill/competence)
- write research proposals (skill/competence)

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## Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 45 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

### Hard skills

- data analysis — **56 %**
- behavioral science — **24 %**

### Responsibilities

- data analysis — **20 %**

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