Research Assistant

Position: 
Staff
Location: 
Budapest
Status: 
Full-time
Unit: 
Cognitive Development Center (Department of Cognitive Science)
E-mail: 
[email protected]
Open for Employee Referral
Application deadline: 
Rolling
Starting date: 
As soon as possible

The Cognitive Development Center at Central European University (CEU) invites applications for a Research Assistant position.

The initial contract is for one year with the possibility of renewal.

The successful candidate will assist the center's researchers in planning and conducting experiments on healthy human infants at the Budapest Babylab and analyzing and publishing the collected data.

 

Duties and responsibilities

• Welcome and accompany parents and caregivers during the Babylab visit and inform them about the experiments
• Conduct studies in the Babylab and perform online research     
• Collect and organize materials for research studies (consent forms, questionnaires, video recordings from the studies)
• Prepare and create test stimuli and analyse and code data
• Schedule studies, maintain contact with families, create and maintain the subject database
• Coordinate research activities between Babylab and the kindergartens or other external sites

 

Qualifications

Successful applicants will have a BA or equivalent degree in any discipline. They will be required to be fluent in both English and Hungarian for oral and written communication as well. Applicants with (1) a degree in psychology, (2) experience with working with babies and children, or (3) familiarity with experimental methods in developmental psychology will be given advantage.

 

Compensation

We offer a competitive salary that is commensurate with experience as well as a dynamic and international academic environment. 

How to apply

Applicants need to submit:

• CV
• Cover letter
• Contact information of two references

 

Informal inquiries may be addressed to Agnes Volein, CDC Lab Manager ([email protected] ). Reference letters will only be requested for shortlisted applicants.

Please send your complete application package to:

[email protected] - including job code in subject line: 2024/035  

 

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

 

CEU is strongly committed to the promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities within our institution. Previous training, work experience and/or engagement with matters of equality, diversity and inclusion at the organizational level will be an asset. 

Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of—including, but not limited to—race, color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender and sexual orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, employment, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

About CEU

One of the world’s most international universities, a unique founding mission positions Central European University  as both an acclaimed center for the study of economic, historical, social and political challenges, and a source of support for building open and democratic societies that respect human rights and human dignity. CEU is accredited in the United States and Austria, and offers English-language bachelor's , master's and doctoral  programs in the social sciences, the humanities, law, environmental sciences, management and public policy. CEU enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries, with faculty from over 50 countries.  

In 2019, CEU relocated from Hungary to Austria as the Hungarian government revoked its ability to issue US-accredited degrees in the country. As a result, CEU offers all of its degree programs in Vienna, Austria; and retains a non-degree, research and civic engagement presence in Budapest, Hungary, through its CEU Democracy Institute , the Institute for Advanced Study , the CEU Summer University  and The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) , and its Hungarian language public educational programs and public lectures.  

For more information, please visit https://www.ceu.edu/ .

CEU is an equal opportunity employer.

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