Assistant or Associate Professor of Educational Sciences

Employment

0.8 - 1.0 FTE

Gross monthly salary

€ 4,814 - € 7,362

Required background

PhD

Organizational unit

Faculty of Social Sciences

Application deadline

18 April 2023

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Are you an educational scientist with an interest in technology-enhanced learning? We are looking for an experienced assistant or associate professor to strengthen our research and teaching in this area. Are you an expert in how adaptive learning technologies affect student learning? Do you have an interest in self-regulated learning and can you take individual differences among students into account? Then come join us!
We are looking for an assistant or associate professor with rich experience in adaptive learning technologies applied to the domain of primary, secondary and vocational education. The ideal candidate has a profound understanding of how technology impacts student learning and is investigating how data, learning analytics and artificial intelligence can improve education. Additional knowledge related to self-regulated and socially shared regulated learning would be an asset for this position. An equal amount of your academic time will be allocated to teaching (50%) and research (50%).
As a lecturer, you will contribute to both introductory and more specialist courses in our Pedagogical and Educational Sciences curriculum at the Bachelor's and Master's degree levels. Furthermore you will supervise students during their internships and thesis research. You will be teaching courses such as 'The learning environment' and the interdisciplinary course 'New Media Lab' in which educational science students collaborate with students from the artificial intelligence programme in developing innovative educational applications. Your coursework requires a variety of student-centred teaching strategies. In addition, you will coordinate courses, improve them based on student evaluations, and contribute to the development of the curriculum and the management of the teaching institute.
As a researcher, you should have experience in and in-depth knowledge of research on the use of technology in education. Your line of research should match the core themes of the Learning and Plasticity research programme of the Behavioural Science Institute. Members of this group conduct fundamental and applied research on individual differences in learning and development, with a focus on typically developing groups and samples with an atypical development.
You will work closely together with researchers from the Adaptive Learning Lab led by Dr Inge Molenaar. With technology increasingly gaining more data and intelligence, a new era of human-technology interaction is emerging. In this setting, interactions between students, teachers and technology are becoming increasingly complex and there is a need to foreground the systematic complexity of human-technology interaction in education. In interdisciplinary research, this lab investigates innovative adaptive learning technologies and novel applications of artificial intelligence in education in close collaboration with the National AI Education Lab (NOLAI) . An important element of this research focuses on the use of artificial intelligence to measure and support self-regulated learning (FLORA (link is external) and CELLA ). New measurement approaches and different forms of support are designed, developed and investigated, such as personalised scaffolds and dashboards. Do you want to work for a university, teaching programme and research institute that are of social significance? Then we look forward to your application.
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• You have a PhD degree in social science, preferably in educational sciences, pedagogical science, educational economics, educational psychology or teacher education, and a few years of postdoctoral experience in a relevant field.
• You have developed a research line in educational sciences, preferably with a focus on understanding the use of educational technologies in terms of learning theories, instructional designs and pedagogical practices.
• You have expertise in designing and developing learning technologies with data, learning analytics and AI.
• You have fund-raising experience, preferably as a main applicant.
• You have experience with communicating the results of scientific research to professional practice and collaborating with educational professionals.
• You have knowledge of advanced quantitative and/or qualitative research methods and statistical techniques.
• You endorse or have experience in open science practices aiming to enhance transparency in social science research (e.g. preregistration, data sharing).
• You have a university teaching qualification (UTQ) or the willingness to obtain this certificate within two years.
• You have experience in designing, coordinating and delivering courses at the Bachelor's and Master's levels, and supervising students during their internships and thesis projects.
• You have good social, communication and organisational skills, as well as team spirit.
• You have an excellent command of spoken and written Dutch and English (C1 level) or the willingness to acquire sufficient proficiency in these languages within two years.

We are
The Faculty of Social Sciences is the largest faculty at Radboud University. The Faculty's ambition is to become one of the top social science institutes in Europe, providing high-quality research and study programmes that rank among the best in the Netherlands. You will spend 50% of your time on research and 50% on teaching. The research part will be embedded in the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) and the teaching part will be embedded int the teaching programme of Pedagogical and Educational Sciences (in Dutch: Pedagogische Wetenschappen en Onderwijswetenschappen [PWO]).
The Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) is a multidisciplinary research institute and one of three research institutes in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Radboud University. Our researchers collaborate across the boundaries of psychology, educational science and communication science. Our mission is to strengthen people through understanding the foundations of human behaviour, by creating synergy between different paradigms, and by facilitating craftsmanship, curiosity and connection in academic research.
BSI has seven research programmes covering three major research themes, namely human development, connection and health. BSI conducts fundamental as well as applied/translational research and has excellent facilities and support for lab and field research. Moreover, BSI is known for its successful graduate school and strong commitment to open science.
Pedagogical and Educational Sciences currently has about 1,700 students. The PWO study programmes focus on questions concerning upbringing, education, learning and typical and atypical development of children and adults. PWO aims to establish strong links between science and pedagogical and educational practice. Students have regularly assessed these programmes as 'excellent'.
Radboud University
We want to get the best out of science, others and ourselves. Why? Because this is what the world around us desperately needs. Leading research and education make an indispensable contribution to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. This is what unites the more than 24,000 students and 5,600 employees at Radboud University. And this requires even more talent, collaboration and lifelong learning. You have a part to play!
We offer

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• The preferred candidate will be offered a job as assistant or associate professor depending on the CV. The gross monthly salary ranges from €4,814 to €6,181 for assistant professors (salary scale 12 ) and €5,506 to €7,362 for associate professor (salary scale 13 or 14 ), based on a 38-hour working week. Monthly salary will also depend on previous education, competencies and number of years of relevant work experience. 
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 1 year, with a perspective of permanent employment after positive evaluation.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services . Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Additional employment conditions
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.
Would you like more information?
For questions about the position, please contact Inge Molenaar, Associate Professor, at +316 31 13 21 97 or [email protected] . Alternatively, you can contact Ard Lazonder, Professor of Educational Sciences, at [email protected] .
Practical information and applying
You can apply until 14 April 2023, exclusively using the button below. Kindly address your application to Inge Molenaar. Please fill in the application form and attach the following documents:

• A letter of motivation.
• Your CV.
• Two references we can contact.

The first round of interviews will take place in the second half of April. You would preferably begin employment as soon as possible. 
We can imagine you're curious about our application procedure . It offers a rough outline of what you can expect during the application process, how we handle your personal data and how we deal with internal and external candidates.
Apply now Application deadline 18 April 2023

We would like to recruit our new colleague ourselves. Acquisition in response to this vacancy will not be appreciated.

Dr Molenaar, I. (Inge)
Associate Professor
[email protected] +31631132197
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