Postdoc – Crowd Psychology & Collective Dynamics

Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres; Deutschland; Vor Ort; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading research center in Germany is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to further develop social psychological research on crowd dynamics. You will create a research focus, support doctoral projects, and publish in international journals. This role offers 30 days of vacation, a family-friendly environment, and an opportunity to pursue personal research ideas while collaborating with experts in various fields. The position aims for long-term retention after a 3-year contract.

Leistungen

30 days of vacation

Flexible working hours

Collaboration with diverse backgrounds

Opportunities for scientific advancement

Qualifikationen

• Completed master's degree followed by a doctorate in psychology, cognitive science or in a similar field of study.
• Research experience in the areas of crowds or group dynamics.
• Very good written and spoken English.
• Independent, creative, and structured scientific approach.

Aufgaben

• Further develop and integrate social psychological approaches to crowd dynamics.
• Collaborate in planning, implementing, and analyzing crowd experiments.
• Publish research results in international journals.
• Present at international conferences and participate in workshops.

Kenntnisse

Research experience in crowds or group dynamics

Very good written and spoken English

Interest in collaborating with colleagues from the field of physics

Independent scientific approach

Desirable: Initial experience with agent-based modeling

Desirable: Programming skills

Ausbildung

Completed master's degree followed by a doctorate in psychology or cognitive science

Jobbeschreibung

Work Group

IAS-7 - Zivile Sicherheitsforschung

Area of Research

Scientific / postdoctoral posts

Job Description

Your Job

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a central role in the further development of social psychological research approaches and the integration of the results within CrowdING. You will develop your own research focus, support conceptual work, and contribute to scientific coordination within the project.

• Further development and integration of social psychological approaches to the analysis of crowd dynamics
• Scientific support for a doctoral project
• Collaboration in the planning, implementation, and analysis of crowd experiments
• Publication of research results in international journals
• Presentations at international conferences and participation in project workshops in Wuppertal and Groningen (NL)
• Exchange and close cooperation with partners from physics, computer science, and social psychology

Your Profile

• Completed master`'s degree followed by a doctorate in psychology, cognitive science or in a similar field of study
• Research experience in the areas of crowds or group dynamics
• Interest in collaborating with colleagues from the field of physics
• Enjoyment of combining and expanding methodological approaches and developing new measures or models
• Willingness to collaborate with doctoral students and interest in scientific supervision of doctoral students
• Very good written and spoken English
• Independent, creative, and structured scientific approach with motivation to set your own research priorities within the project
• Desirable skills, but not essential: Initial experience with agent-based modeling, Programming skills

Our Offer

• MEANINGFUL TASKS: The position offers a varied and diverse role in an international environment and freedom to pursue your own research ideas within the project context
• KNOWLEDGE & FURTHER TRAINING: Your further development is important to us – we offer a structured research environment with excellent opportunities for scientific advancement
• WORK-LIFE BALANCE: Optimal conditions for balancing work and private life, as well as a family-friendly company policy. The option of flexible working (in terms of location) is generally available after consultation and in accordance with upcoming tasks and (on-site) appointments
• FLEXIBILITY: Flexible working time models, including options close to full-time (go.fzj.de/near-full-time), allow you to customize your working hours.
• VACATION: You will receive 30 days of holiday plus free bridge days (e.g., between Christmas and New Year).
• FAIR REMUNERATION: Depending on your existing qualifications and the tasks assigned to you, you will be classified in pay grade 13 of the TVöD-Bund (German federal civil service pay scale). All information on the TVöD-Bund collective agreement can be found on the BMI website: go.fzj.de/bmi.tvoed. The monthly salaries in euros can be found on page 69 of the PDF download.
• PERSPECTIVE: After a 3-year fixed-term contract, our goal is to retain you for the long term. Let`s use this time together to find out how well we fit together.

In addition to exciting tasks and a collegial working environment, we offer you much more: go.fzj.de/benefits

We welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds, e.g. in terms of age, gender, disability, sexual orientation / identity, and social, ethnic and religious origin. A diverse and inclusive working environment with equal opportunities in which everyone can realize their potential is important to us.

The following links provide further information on diversity and equal opportunities: go.fzj.de/equality and on specific support options for women: go.fzj.de/womens-job-journey

This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.