Postdoctoral Researcher: Youth, Digital Media & Democracy

Universiteit Leiden; Leiden, Den Haag; À distance; EUR 41 000 - 64 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working possible

Home-working allowance

Laptop and mobile phone

Résumé du poste

Leiden University invites applications for a Postdoctoral position focusing on youth, digital media, and democracy in education. The 2-year ERC-funded project investigates educational interventions to strengthen democratic values among adolescents, with collaboration among schools and societal partners.

The role requires a PhD in a related field, strong quantitative skills, and a passion for translating findings for schools and policy. Hybrid possibilities and extensive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• PhD completed or expected before the start date.
• Experience designing and conducting behavioural experiments.
• Strong quantitative research skills with R and/or Python.
• Experience with social media data or digital trace data.
• Excellent written and spoken English; Dutch proficiency preferred.
• Collaborative, ethically sensitive research with youth and digital data.

Responsabilités

• Design and conduct longitudinal studies on educational interventions for adolescents and young adults.
• Collaborate with youth, schools and societal partners.
• Publish research findings in international journals and impact reports for societal partners.
• Present research at national and international conferences.
• Co-supervising PhD student projects.

Connaissances

Behavioural experiments

Quantitative analysis

R and Python

Digital trace data

English communication

Formation

PhD in developmental psychology, political psychology, computational social science, cognitive science or related field

Description du poste

Leiden University invites applications for a Postdoctoral position focusing on youth, digital media, and democracy in education. The 2-year ERC-funded project investigates educational interventions to strengthen democratic values among adolescents, with collaboration among schools and societal partners.

The role requires a PhD in a related field, strong quantitative skills, and a passion for translating findings for schools and policy. Hybrid possibilities and extensive benefits are offered.