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At the University of Vienna, more than 10,000 people work together towards answering the big questions of the future. Around 7,500 of them are scientists who, with their curiosity and continuous demand for excellence, conduct top-level international research and teaching. Are you also looking for the right space to develop your potential? We are seeking a/an
Senior Scientist
47 Faculty of Psychology
Job vacancy starting: 10/01/2023 | Working hours: 20,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)
Limited contract until:
Job ID: 992
Among the many reasons to research and teach at the University of Vienna there is one in particular, which has convinced around 7,500 academic staff members so far. They see themselves as personalities who need space for continuous striving for top international research and scientific excellence. At the same time they enjoy support and liberties that are not a given at other institutions. Does that sound like something for you? Welcome to our team!
Your personal sphere of play:
The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna comprises, beside the Dean’s office and the StudyServiceCenter, four Departments.
We seek to fill a position for a Senior Scientist and lab manager at the newly established Health Psychology Group (directed by Professor Laura M. König) at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. Together with the research group, you will study psychological, social and environmental determinants of health behaviors and develop and test a range of health behavior interventions including digital and choice architecture interventions. Additional research interests include research participation effects, the digital health divide, and science communication. For more information: https://gesundheit-psy.univie.ac.at/.
The group actively engages in and promotes open science practices (e.g., preregistration, sharing of materials and data) and science communication, and values diverse perspectives.
Your future tasks:
- You contribute to research projects / research studies in the field of digital health and digital assessment of behaviors and psychological constructs.
- Administration of the EMA lab including devices and software.
- You analyze data from Ecological Momentary Assessment studies.
- You contribute to manuscripts for international peer-reviewed journals
- You contribute to project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- You present at national and international conferences and meetings.
- You contribute to science communication activities.
- You teach courses independently as defined by the collective agreement.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- Supervision of students
This is part of your personality:
- Master’s degree or diploma in psychology, behavioral science, human-computer interaction, public health, or a related field.
- Quantitative research skills, including data analysis with SPSS, R, JASP, jamovi or similar software.
- Experience in planning and conducting Ecological Momentary Assessment studies.
- Interest in orienting towards open science principles.
- High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing.
- Excellent command of written and spoken English and German.
- Ability to work in a team.
- Accurate, self-reliant working.
- Leadership and team competencies.
- Distinct management skills.
- Ability to work in interdisciplinary cooperation.
- High sense of responsibility.
- Doctoral degree/ PhD in psychology, behavioral science, human-computer interaction, public health, or a related field.
- Ability to analyze complex longitudinal data, e.g. using multilevel regression analysis.
- Publications in renowned, subject-relevant journals (peer-reviewed).
- Teaching experience / experience of working with e-learning.
- Experience in student supervision (Bachelor/ Master’s theses).
- Experience in presenting at international or national conferences.
- Ability to work in interdisciplinary and/ or intersectoral teams.
What we offer:
The employment duration is 6 years with the possibility to become permanent after successful evaluation.
The basic salary according to the classification of the collective bargaining agreement in the B1 salary group amounts to EUR 4.351,90 (basic salary full time, 14 times a year). This amount increases if we can credit professional experience (see Salary scheme).
Homeoffice: The employee and their superior may flexibly agree on work from home on no more than ten working days a month. The maximum number of days on which employees may work from home depends on the agreed number of working days in a week
It is that easy to apply:
- With your letter of motivation (maximum 2 pages).
- With your academic curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, a list of courses taught and a list of talks given, if applicable).
- Contact details of at least two people who could provide a reference.
- Degree certificates.
- An outline of an Ecological Momentary Assessment study to be conducted in the first year of employment (2 pages).
- Via our job portal / Apply now – button
If you have any questions, please contact:
Laura Maria König
laura.maria.koenig@univie.ac.at
We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.
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Application deadline: 09/11/2023
