Are you an aspiring behavioural scientist? And would you like to work at an institute where multiple disciplines of behavioural science are studied under one roof? As a PhD candidate within the Behavioural Science Institute, you will conduct top-level research to further our understanding of the foundations of human behaviour. We help you acquire advanced skills and expertise to prepare you for an impactful research career in the future.

Each year, the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) Graduate School offers seven Master's students the opportunity to become PhD candidates. If you are interested in becoming a behavioural scientist and want to work at an institute where multiple disciplines of behavioural science are studied under one roof, we invite you to apply for our 2023 PhD positions.

Our seven research programmes are:

• Behaviour Change and Well-Being (BCW)
• Communication and Media (CM)
• Developmental Psychopathology (DP)
• Experimental Psychopathology and Treatment (EPT)
• Learning and Plasticity (LP)
• Social Development (SD)
• Work, Health and Performance (WHP)

As part of your PhD position, you will have a teaching load of 10%.

• You hold a Master's degree (e.g. a taught or research Master's degree in Behavioural Science, Psychology, Educational Science or Communication Science).
• You have excellent research, methodological and statistical skills.

Fixed-term contract: You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract) or 3.5 years (5 year contract).

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 (5 year contract) - 1.0 (4 year contract) FTE.
• The gross starting salary amounts to €2,541 per month based on a 38-hour working week, and will increase to €3,247 from the fourth year onwards (salary scale P).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• You will be employed for an initial period of 18 months, after which your performance will be evaluated. If the evaluation is positive, the contract will be extended by 2.5 years (4 year contract) or 3.5 years (5 year contract).
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

The Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) is a multidisciplinary research institute and one of three research institutes in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Radboud University. Our researchers collaborate across the boundaries of psychology, educational science and communication science. Our mission is to strengthen people through understanding the foundations of human behaviour, by creating synergy between different paradigms and by facilitating craftsmanship, curiosity and connection in academic research. BSI has seven research programmes covering three major research themes, namely human development, connection and health. BSI conducts fundamental as well as applied/translational research and has excellent facilities and support for lab and field research. Moreover, BSI is known for its successful graduate school and strong commitment to open science.

BSI is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, and to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and as such encourages applications from people of colour, women, people with disabilities, people from LGBTQIAP+ communities, and people from other diverse communities.

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