PhD in Health Hack Communication & Cognition (Track B)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU); Netherlands; Presencial; EUR 36.000 - 45.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Holiday leave entitlement 232 hours

8% holiday allowance

8.3% end-of-year bonus

Commuting expense support

Personalized benefits package

Access to sports facilities

Descripción de la vacante

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) invites applications for a full-time four-year PhD position in Track B of Hooked by the Health Hack, focusing on how young adults encounter and evaluate online health hacks. You will design panels, run experiments, perform content analysis, and integrate findings with Track A, under supervision in the Department of Communication Science; start 1 January 2027.

Applicants must hold a research Master’s degree and have strong quantitative skills and English writing

Formación

• Completed (research) Master’s degree in Communication Science or related social science discipline.
• Strong quantitative research skills including survey design and experimental design.
• Proficiency in statistical analysis, preferably in R, with experience in advanced methods.

Responsabilidades

• Conduct multimodal content analysis of hazardous online health hacks.
• Design and field large-scale panel surveys on susceptibility factors.
• Conduct online and laboratory experiments on intuitive and reflective processing.
• Evaluate intervention strategies and publish results.

Educación

Master’s degree in Communication Science

Herramientas

R

Descripción del empleo

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) invites applications for a full-time four-year PhD position in Track B of Hooked by the Health Hack, focusing on how young adults encounter and evaluate online health hacks. You will design panels, run experiments, perform content analysis, and integrate findings with Track A, under supervision in the Department of Communication Science; start 1 January 2027.

Applicants must hold a research Master’s degree and have strong quantitative skills and English writing