Research

Your research will contribute to the Faculty’s research program “Health@BMS”, with a particular focus on:

• Development of interdisciplinary theories and methodologies to influence behaviours with a view to improve health and healthcare;
• Development of persuasive technology to support the monitoring and coaching of implicit and explicit psychological and behavioural processes in members of the public, patients and healthcare professionals;
• Development of innovative and engaging measurement methodology, including technology as a way of collecting, analysing and translating Big Data into personalized and motivating behavioural interventions.
• Education in Health Psychology and Technology in the Bachelor and Master Programs;
• Cooperation with other educational programs, like Health Sciences, Technical Medicine, as well as with the multidisciplinary High Tech, Human Touch minor module “Science to Society”;
• Innovative teaching efforts like the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) “eHealth”.

• You will be responsible for research and education in the field of health psychology and technology, and for managing its staff;
• You will contribute to the management of the Cluster to which the chair belongs, the interdisciplinary Faculty theme Health@BMS, and the University-wide Technical Medical Centre;
• You will continue and expand collaboration with health institutions in the Netherlands and with international and transatlantic cooperations.

You have:

• a background in psychology and in persuasive health technology. In particular expertise is needed in methodologies to develop technology that is user-oriented and implementable in practice;
• expertise in the use of technology to collect, analyse and translate data into self-management strategies;
• demonstrable interest in monitoring and coaching of psychological and behavioral processes in healthcare as evidenced by international publications and networks;
• ability and willingness to collaborate across disciplines that support the High Tech-Human Touch profile of the University of Twente and to promote collaborations with technological institutes of the University (e.g., Tech Med Centre, Digital Society Institute);
• proactive contribution to the BMS Health research agenda;
• skills to lead, supervise and support PhD students and teaching and research staff;
• ability to further develop and renew highly attractive education at the intersection of Health, Psychology and Technology;
• ability to acquire and co-ordinate (PI) multinational research grants and projects;
• strong interpersonal skills and capacity to connect, motivate and lead academics and departments;
• a basic qualification in teaching for Dutch universities ('UTQ');
• English language skills (at level C2);
• ability to establish a lifelong learning infrastructure using new technologies (like MOOC, VR etc.);
• academic leadership skills to chair the Health Psychology Section of the Department.

For more information on this position, you can contact prof.dr. T.A.J. Toonen (from off January 7, 2019). A description of the position is also available, on request, from off January 7, 2019 (secretary Dean: decaan-BMS@utwente.nl. Please send your application, at the latest on February 15, 2019, with a short overview of your research plans and ambitions (2-3 pages) and your CV (including contact information for at least two academic references), via the application link below. The first selection of candidates will take place in February/March 2019.

We offer a fulltime permanent position as Full Professor with a competitive salary and balanced employment conditions. The maximum salary is either €8.127 (Full Professor level 2) or €9.812 (Full Professor level 1), depending on your global academic position and experience. Upon request, University of Twente provides a dual career program for your partner and will offer you relocation services if needed. You can find information about our excellent terms of employment at https://www.utwente.nl/en/hr/

The University of Twente. We stand for life sciences and technology. High tech and human touch. Education and research that matter. New technology which leads change, innovation and progress in society. The University of Twente is the only campus university of the Netherlands; divided over five faculties we provide more than fifty educational programmes. We have a strong focus on personal development and talented researchers are given scope for carrying out groundbreaking research.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. Because of our diversity values we do particularly support women to apply.

Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences
The Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social sciences (BMS) strives to play a pivotal role in understanding, co-engineering and evaluating innovation in society. Innovation is driven by advances in technology. Through 'social engineering' these technological advances are embedded in society befitting human needs and behaviour, within proper public and private management and business structures. For this the faculty of BMS upholds high quality disciplinary knowledge in psychology, business administration, public administration, communication science, philosophy, educational science and health sciences. All with a focus on the challenges in society. Research is strongly connected to our institutes: Mesa+ Institute, TechMed Centra and Digital Society Institute.