PhD Candidates for the Behavioural Science Institute Graduate School

23 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Radboud University

Research Field

Cultural studies

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

21 Apr 2024 - 00:00 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

38.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Each year, the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) Graduate School offers seven Master students the opportunity to become PhD candidates. If you are interested in becoming a behavioural scientist and want to work at an institute where multiple disciplines of behavioural science are studied under one roof, we invite you to apply for our 2024 PhD positions.

The BSI’s overall aim is to strengthen people by means of high quality research on human behaviour. BSI has a strong tradition of linking fundamental and applied science from an interdisciplinary perspective in order to contribute to societally relevant research themes.

This year the seven PhD positions are linked to the research theme “Empowering the Young”. “The Young” refers to the full range of young people: from infants, children and adolescents to young adults – such as students, early career workers and young parents.

Young people are faced with many challenges in today’s society. For example, society and social relations are rapidly changing, social media are playing an increasingly important yet controversial role, education is becoming more diverse whilst being under pressure, and performance pressure among children, students and early career workers is omnipresent. Mental health, health behaviour and well-being are at stake. The BSI aims to study the challenges that young people face and to contribute to their empowerment and well-being.

Below, the seven BSI research programmes are listed. These BSI programmes represent our seven disciplines. Each research programme will contribute to the theme “Empowering the Young” with one PhD position:

• Behaviour Change and Well-being (discipline of Social Psychology)
• Communication & Media (discipline of Communication Science)
• Developmental Psychopathology (discipline of Pedagogical Sciences)
• Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment (discipline of Clinical Psychology)
• Learning, Education and Development (discipline of Pedagogical and Educational Science)
• Social Development (discipline of Developmental Psychology)
• Work, Health and Performance (discipline of Work and Organizational Psychology)

In this file , you will find descriptions of our seven BSI research programmes. Each of the seven programmes offers one PhD position for which it has indicated one or more pre-specified topics that the PhD-project will focus on within the BSI theme ‘Empowering the Young’.

When applying, you are asked to indicate which particular (max. 3) BSI research programme(s) appeal(s) to you most.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• You hold a Master's degree (e.g. a taught or research Master's degree in Behavioural Science, Psychology, Pedagogical Sciences, Educational Sciences or Communication Science).
• You have excellent research, methodological and statistical skills.
• You have good written and spoken English language skills as required for scientific publishing.
• You are a team player and are able to work proactively and independently.

Additional Information
Benefits

• We will give you a temporary employment contract (0.8 FTE 5- year contract - 1.0 FTE 4- year contract) of 1,5 years, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, your contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4-year contract) or 3.5 years (5-year contract).
• You will receive a starting salary of €2,770 gross per month based on a 38-hour working week, which will increase to €3,539 from the fourth year onwards (salary scale P ).
• You will receive an 8% holiday allowance and an 8,3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Support Service . The Dual Career Programme assists your partner via support, tools, and resources to improve their chances of independently finding employment in the Netherlands. Our Family Support Service helps you and your partner feel welcome and at home by providing customised assistance in navigating local facilities, schools, and amenities. Also take a look at our support for international staff page to discover all our services for international employees.
• You will receive extra days off. With full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the statutory 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions . You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

Additional comments

You can apply no later than 21 April 2024 (23:59 Amsterdam Time Zone), only via the button below. Address your letter of application to Sander Berends. Please attach the following documents as separate PDF files.

• One general letter of motivation of not more than one and a half pages, in which you state
  • (1) your motivation for applying for specific BSI research programmes (up to a maximum of three) which you also indicate in the obligatory application question, and
  • (2) your research ideas, interests and expertise on “Empowering the Young” and their fit with the offered project topics per research programme.
• A curriculum vitae including overall grades obtained for BSc and MSc degrees.

You would preferably begin employment on 1 September 2024, but no later than 1 November 2024.

We can imagine you're curious about our application procedure . It describes what you can expect during the application procedure and how we handle your personal data and internal and external candidates. If you wish to apply for a non-scientific position with a non-EU nationality, please take notice of the following information .

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/339392/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

7

Company/Institute

Radboud Universiteit

Country

Netherlands

City

Nijmegen

Postal Code

6525XZ

Street

Houtlaan 4

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/339392/phd-candidates-for-the-behavioural-s…

Contact

City

Nijmegen

Website

http://www.ru.nl/

Street

Houtlaan 4

Postal Code

6525 XZ

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