Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology (0.8 - 1.0 FTE)

The Department of Psychology has a job opening for an Assistant Professor. The position is embedded within the Section of Developmental Psychology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (Utrecht University) and involves teaching (60%) and research (40%).

The Developmental Psychology Section is a thriving and international group of academics committed to understanding the psychological processes that help youth reach their potential, and educating new generations of academic professionals and youth experts. Our core values are collegiality, curiosity, and ambition in order to create and disseminate knowledge that matters.

You are committed to delivering high quality education to our Bachelor's programme (Psychology) or our international Master's programmes (Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology; Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence). Teaching activities will depend on your expertise and will be determined in consultation with our Teaching Coordinator. Teaching responsibilities will typically involve course coordination, teaching lectures or workgroups, and individual student supervision (e.g., research theses, internships). Teaching the Bachelor's courses is in Dutch, the Master's in English.

You will establish and expand on an independent line of research, aligning with and complementing the section’s research programme. You will also foster research collaboration within the section and broader UU community (e.g., by advising junior colleagues and contributing to joint research). Our section prioritizes theory-driven research that fosters a basic understanding of social/personal growth and maladjustment, and interventions to promote the former and prevent the latter. Much of our research addresses societal challenges relevant to youth, in line with Utrecht University’s Dynamics of Youth strategic theme. You will be supported to publish and disseminate high quality research with societal impact, and to seek external research funding. The Section also strongly supports open science initiatives and practices, such as sharing data and pre-registering hypotheses.