Postdoc researcher in Social Sciences

at  Universit du Luxembourg

The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character.
The Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) at the University of Luxembourg brings together expertise from the humanities, linguistics, cognitive sciences, social and educational sciences.
People from across 20 disciplines are working within the Faculty. Along with the disciplinary approach a very ambitious interdisciplinary research culture has been developed. The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on social, economic, political and educational issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society.

The successful candidate will become a member of the Luxembourg team of the “Health Behaviour in School-aged Children – HBSC” network (www.hbsc.lu). The HBSC network is an international cooperation of researchers that collaborate on the cross-national survey of school-aged children (www.hbsc.org). HBSC collects survey data every four years on adolescents’ health and well-being, social environments and health behaviours. The aim of the project is to understand young people’s health in their social context. The data collected is analysed both at the national level and at the international level.
The HBSC Luxembourg country team is situated at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research (CCY) within the Department of Social Sciences. The CCY comprises a multidisciplinary research team that examines the conditions and opportunity structures of growing up against the backdrop of social change and inequalities. It maintains strong links to other institutes and relevant organizations within and beyond the department, both nationally and internationally.

Tasks

• Contribute to the preparation of the Luxembourgish HBSC 2026 survey
• Contribute to the quantitative analysis of the Luxembourgish HBSC 2026 data
• Contribute to the National Report 2026/2027
• Conduct and publish research in the area of public health and/or social scientific health research using HBSC data
• Engage in policy-relevant analyses and dissemination of results to stakeholders (e.g., via policy briefs)
• Participate in and present at relevant national and international conferences
• Contribute to reports, an online data dashboard, and research publications

Contact
Dr. Carolina Catunda / (+352) 46 66 44 9341 / carolina.catunda@uni.lu