Postdoctoral Fellow: ADHD and Education Policy Research

Kristine Stadskleiv; Oslo fylke; On-site; NOK 595,000 - 670,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Professional environment

Welfare benefits

Pension scheme

Job summary

University of Oslo, Department of Special Needs Education, seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to study the impact of 2024 Education Act changes on ADHD during school transition and outcomes.

The 3–4 year full-time fellowship includes data collection, approvals, and dissemination, with an option to extend to four years. The candidate will be located in Oslo and pursue independent research leading to first-author publications.

Qualifications

• Must hold a doctoral degree and have defense approved by deadline.
• Fluent oral and written English communication.
• Knowledge about neurodevelopmental disabilities.
• Strong quantitative skills and experience with quasi-experimental methods.

Responsibilities

• Develop a research proposal including data sources and outcomes.
• Apply for data access and necessary ethical approvals.
• Conduct data collection and analysis, plan publications.
• Aim to be first-author on agreed publications.

Skills

English fluency

Neurodevelopmental knowledge

Quantitative methods

Statistical software (Stata)

Statistical software (R)

Statistical software (Mplus)

Scientific writing

Longitudinal quantitative methods

Data collection experience

ADHD/relevant field experience

Norwegian language advantage

Education

Doctoral degree in Special Needs Education or related field

Tools

Stata

R

Mplus

Job description

University of Oslo, Department of Special Needs Education, seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow to study the impact of 2024 Education Act changes on ADHD during school transition and outcomes.

The 3–4 year full-time fellowship includes data collection, approvals, and dissemination, with an option to extend to four years. The candidate will be located in Oslo and pursue independent research leading to first-author publications.