Cognition & Behavior Research & Teaching Associate

Vienna University of Economics and Business

Wien

Hybrid

EUR 29,000 - 34,000

Part time

11 days ago

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Job summary

Vienna University of Economics and Business is seeking a doctoral researcher for the Institute for Cognition & Behavior. You will enroll in the PhD program, conduct dissertation research, and contribute to both laboratory and online studies focusing on attention, motivation, and social contexts in judgment and behavior.

The role includes planning studies, analyzing data, teaching, attending conferences, and publishing in international journals.

Qualifications

  • Master’s degree in psychology, cognitive science, economics, business and management that qualifies you for enrollment in a doctoral program at WU.
  • Strong background and interest in empirical social science methodology / statistics.
  • Experience with online experiment implementation, computational modelling, LLMs, eye-tracking or mouse-tracking welcome but not required on entry.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and run laboratory and online studies, analyze behavioral data, and maintain reproducible research materials, data documentation and analysis code.
  • Teaching within the specialization “Decision Sciences: Game Theory, Psychology and Data Analysis.”
  • Attend international conferences and publish research projects in international journals.

Skills

Empirical methods
Statistics
Online experiments
Computational modelling
LLMs
Eye-tracking
Mouse-tracking

Education

Master’s degree in psychology
Master’s degree in cognitive science
Master’s degree in economics/business

Tools

Statistical software
Experiment software
Eye-tracking hardware

Job description

Vienna University of Economics and Business is seeking a doctoral researcher for the Institute for Cognition & Behavior. You will enroll in the PhD program, conduct dissertation research, and contribute to both laboratory and online studies focusing on attention, motivation, and social contexts in judgment and behavior.

The role includes planning studies, analyzing data, teaching, attending conferences, and publishing in international journals.

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