University assistant (Praedoc)

at  Universitt Wien

At the University of Vienna, a community of over 90,000 students and 10,000 staff members, passionately pursuing answers to the profound questions that shape our future, we are are seeking applications for an

INFORMATION ABOUT THE POSITION:

We announce two University Assistant (PhD candidate/Praedoc) positions in the Social and Economic Psychology group (https://social-econ-psych.univie.ac.at/) led by Prof. Dr. Robert Böhm (https://robertboehm.info/) at the Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology. In our working group, we are interested in describing, explaining, predicting, and changing human behavior in social interactions. Specifically, we investigate human judgments and pro-social or anti-social decisions in applied social dilemmas (e.g., antibiotic use, vaccination, climate change, and intergroup conflict). Our research is often interdisciplinary (psychology, behavioral economics, and related disciplines), combines different methods and “tools” (e.g., game-theoretical experiments, computational methods, virtual reality, artificial intelligence), and follows Open Science principles. We collaborate with international researchers and institutions (e.g., United Nations, World Health Organization). Currently, we are particularly looking for individuals interested in a dissertation project related to antibiotic use/antimicrobial resistance or intergroup conflict.
In our working group, we place special emphasis on diversity (personal, content-related, and methodological), mutual appreciation, and support. More information about our team values can be found here: https://social-econ-psych.univie.ac.at/team/team-values/
Additionally, the PhD candidates’ dissertation projects will be integrated into the structured doctoral program of the “Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience from Biology to Psychology and the Humanities” (VDS CoBeNe; https://vds-cobene.univie.ac.at/). The aim of VDS CoBeNe is to provide a supportive environment for interdisciplinary research projects and doctoral training.
The employment duration is 4 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 4 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

Please refer the Job description for details