As part of the European project PROTECT-CHILD (PRivacy-prOTecting Environment for Child Transplants health-related and genomic data integration in the European Reference Network), which aims to design an infrastructure for the exchange and use of sensitive health data in compliance with the GDPR and the rules of the European Health Data Space (EHDS), you will be challenged to map the current knowledge of the EHDS, define the needs of key stakeholders and users, define the key requirements and support the development of the key digital infrastructure.

This position will require you to travel regularly across Europe and be actively involved in the key management tasks of a key project WP. You will proactively contribute to and conduct research (in person and remotely), including: state of the art collection, data preparation and analysis, and presentation of results, demonstrating a degree of independence in determining the focus and direction of research. In addition, you will be required to prepare reports and papers describing the results of the research, both confidential and for publication. The appointee will be expected to be actively involved in writing and publishing research papers, particularly those intended for publication in peer-reviewed journals, as a normal part of their role.

Ideally, you are an expert or passionate about requirements engineering methods, stakeholder engagement, and design and evaluation methods to support the design of complex digital systems for data access, management and analysis. You are an expert in human factors (human-computer interaction, psychology, medical systems or patient health records or similar) with a strong focus on user research, UX and evaluation methods. You are an independent and well-organised researcher with experience in writing and publishing scientific articles and reports.

The first major deliverable will be in approximately 12 months. The postdoctoral position is for 28-months (ideally starting early June 2024).

• You have a PhD (completed or near completion) in Human Factors, Psychology, User Experience Research, Social Sciences (or in a relevant discipline).
• You have demonstrable experience (e.g. publications) in human factors research, user research methods for requirements generation, or methods supporting user-centred design or agile approaches.
• You are confident in qualitative and quantitative research methods, data analysis techniques and inferential statistics.
• It is an advantage if you are familiar with the process of using medical data for research and the European Health Data Space framework.

• A post-doc position (1,0 fte), starting in June 2024.
• The gross salary is in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) € 3.226,- to € 3.877,- per month for a fulltime position, depending on experience.
• On top of this, you receive a holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• We offer excellent auxiliary terms of employment, such as professional and personal development programs.
• a secondary remuneration package.
• a dynamic environment with enthusiastic colleagues.
• an organization focusing on internationalization.
• a high degree of responsibility and independence.

The CoDE section consists of teachers and researchers with backgrounds in psychology, educational science, mathematics, or computer science. We teach courses on methodology, data-analysis, and cognitive psychology. Our research focuses on data-based solutions for societal problems related to education, health, and human factors. In our teaching and research we make use of the latest developments in measurement and (large-scale) assessment, such as neurophysiology, extended reality, eye-tracking, psychometrics, and machine learning.

Additional information regarding the position can be obtained from dr. Simone Borsci (s.borsci@utwente.nl).

Please submit your application before May the 13th by filling in the form including a motivation letter and current CV (choose ‘apply now’).

Screening is part of the application process.