This position is in the Social Development programme (for research) and the Developmental Psychology unit (for teaching). You will have 50:50 research and teaching commitments (0.8 or 1.0 FTE in total). The Social Development programme is part of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI). The Developmental Psychology unit contributes to the Programme in Psychology. BSI and the Programme in Psychology are embedded in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Radboud University.
Our research focuses on social development. In the Social Development programme, we concentrate on two closely related research lines. On the one hand, we conduct fundamental research on social and emotional development and related processes across the human life span. Taking a developmental perspective, we focus on social factors (e.g. parents and peers), individual factors (e.g. temperament, personality), and the interplay between the two. On the other hand, we conduct applied/clinical research on the causes and treatment of psychopathology in childhood and adolescence (including addiction, aggression, anxiety, depression, and trauma). It is our ambition to contribute new knowledge to developmental science, knowledge that is also relevant to clinical, developmental and educational practice.
We study caregiver-child interaction in early and middle childhood, peer relationships in middle childhood and adolescence, and social and romantic relationships later in life. We study typical and atypical populations (e.g. youth with externalising and internalising problems, children of traumatised parents). We combine sophisticated longitudinal and observational methods of developmental research with innovative methodologies. To test the effectiveness and working mechanisms of treatment and interventions, we use randomised controlled trials and single-case study designs.
Our methods include questionnaires, implicit measures, behavioural paradigms, psychophysiology, and hormonal assessments (e.g. of cortisol), neuropsychological paradigms, fMRI and EEG recordings, analysed statistically through sociometric analyses, sequential analyses, dynamic social network modelling, and advanced longitudinal data analyses (dynamic structural equation modelling, ecological momentary assessments).
Our teaching focuses on typical (normative) development and atypical development (developmental psychopathology). We also conduct individual supervision of Bachelor's and Master's or Research Master's theses. We participate in the Bachelor's degree programme in Psychology (domain: Development and Mental Health), the Master's degree programme in Health Care Psychology (clinical Master's programme), and the Research Master's programme in Behavioural Science.
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Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) is a multidisciplinary research institute and one of the three research institutes of 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, the Institute is known for its successful graduate school and strong commitment to open science.
Approximately 1,800 students enrolled on the Programme in Psychology this year. The Bachelor's degree programme in Psychology is a lively international programme with an annual influx of approximately 600 students. The Master's degree programme in Psychology has three specialisations that help prepare students for an academic or professional career: Health Care Psychology; Work, Organisation and Health; and Behaviour Change. The Programme in Psychology offers Research Master's programmes in Behavioural Science (in association with BSI) and Cognitive Neuroscience (in association with the Donders Institute).
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