Assistant research & education in quantitative psychology II

As an assistant, 2/3 of your time will be devoted to your PhD research and 1/3 to teaching.

Your PhD research will include:

• research on the robustness and reproducibility of the results of existing data analyses
• contributing to the development of curatescience.org
• performing replication studies
• developing a method for assessing generalization
• the evaluation and facilitation of pre-registration

Within the context of these themes, you are encouraged to develop your own research track.

Regarding teaching:

• As a member of a didactical team, you will teach and coordinate the practical sessions in BA and MA statistics courses for psychologists.
• Besides the practical sessions, you will also be responsible for coaching individual students and groups of students, and you will help with the preparation of mock exams and exams, and the grading.
• Based on the existing didactical material, you will be encouraged to optimize the teaching practices.

Depending on external factors, it may be possible that the main focus is on research.

You have a master degree, preferably in (quantitative) psychology. You have a profound knowledge of statistics and data analysis. You are precise and passionate. You have excellent English reporting skills (for oral and written communication). You are sufficiently proficient in Dutch so that you can teach in Dutch (unless the main focus is research). You have demonstrable didactical qualities. (A teaching degree is an asset.)

We offer a full-time position, initially for 1 year, starting on September 16, 2017, and renewable to a maximum of 6 years (4 years if the main focus is research). For your PhD research, you will work in a motivated and competent research team. For your teaching activities, you will be part of an experienced and dynamical didactical team. Your net salary will be approximately 1900 euro per month.