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4.4 KiB

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)

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 %