Postdoc 'How Does Exposure Work and for Whom in Youth Anxiety'

at  Universiteit van Amsterdam

Postdoc ‘How Does Exposure Work and for Whom in Youth Anxiety’
Faculteit/Dienst: Faculteit der Maatschappij- & Gedragswetenschappen
Opleidingsniveau: Gepromoveerd
Functie type: Promotieplaats
Sluitingsdatum: 28 May 2024
Vacaturenummer: 12932
Are you exceptionally interested in research on working mechanisms in the field of youth anxiety?
Is it your ambition to become an excellent researcher and be a part of a large international collaboration?
Are you enthusiastic about handling and analysing data?
We would like to get to know you!
The program group Developmental Psychology of the Faculty Social and Behavioural Sciences is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher who is interested in improving treatment for youth with anxiety and stress-related disorders and wants to work in an international team.

YOUR EXPERIENCE AND PROFILE

• A PhD degree in one of the social or behavioural sciences, such as psychology, pedagogics, sociology or a related field (e.g., medicine, epidemiology);
• Experience in managing (large) datasets;
• Proven methodological skills (quantitative);
• Experience with conducting longitudinal data-analysis and/or data-analysis on repeated measures data and/or large datasets;
• Experience with R or willingness to learn R;
• Affinity with Open Science (pre-registrations, sharing data etc.);
• Independence, but also a strong capacity for teamwork;
• Full professional working proficiency in English (speaking, writing, reading).
  Having experience with conducting meta-analyses or IPDMA’s and/or (Bayesian) Mixed Effects Modeling is a pre.
  International candidates are encouraged to apply but must be willing to relocate to the Netherlands for the duration of the position.

ABOUT US

The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 39,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds.
A challenging work environment with a variety of duties and ample scope for individual initiative and development within an inspiring organization. The social and behavioral sciences play a leading role in addressing the major societal challenges faced by the world, the Netherlands and Amsterdam, now and in the future.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

The Postdoc will become part of an international team working on a ZonMw funded project ‘The efficacy of exposure in youth with anxiety, OCD and PTSD: how and for whom does it work?’ directed by Dr. Lynn Mobach (University of Amsterdam) in close collaboration with Dr. Anke Klein (Leiden University). The Postdoc will be employed for 0.4FTE at the University of Amsterdam and employed for 0.4FTE at Leiden University.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

As a part of this team consisting of national and international researchers, clinicians, and societal partners, you will play a central role in this project. You will work on a wide array of research tasks, that include coordinating and managing communication with research groups across the world and supervising RA’s working on the project. You will manage and supervise data-entry, data-preparation, develop and conduct data-analysis, test hypotheses on the working mechanisms of exposure for youth anxiety, and draft articles for journal publication. There will be ample room for your own contributions and creativity and writing grant applications together.

Your tasks as a Postdoctoral researcher within this ZonMw project (0.8FTE) will include the following:

• Help coordinate and manage communication with national and international research groups to request and manage their data;
• Supervise RA’s working on the project;
• Draft pre-registrations;
• Prepare, combine and manage the datasets;
• Conduct data-analysis and prepare results for publications;
• Draft articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals;
• Contribute to the program group Developmental Psychology and the wider scientific community through collaborations, workshops, presentations/talks, attending conferences.