The position involves 60% on teaching activities and 40% on research time. The main tasks will include:

• contributing to teaching. This will mainly be in courses in the domain of Social and Affective Neuroscience;
• developing, carrying out, and supervising research within the scope of the research theme Social and Affective Neuroscience;
• contributing to the acquisition of substantial external research funding.

We are looking for a candidate who has a profile that spans the breadth of Social and Affective Neuroscience.

The ideal candidate should:

• hold a PhD degree in the field of Social and/or Affective Neuroscience, Experimental, Biological or Cognitive Psychology, or a similar or related field;
• have a strong background in research at the intersection of social, cognitive, and affective and clinical neuroscience;
• have scientific creativity and productivity, as evident in recent publications in international peer-reviewed journals or peer-reviewed conferences;
• have the ambition to set up an own research programme in collaboration with direct colleagues, including aspirations (or shown success) to acquire research funding;
• have an affinity with teaching, along with demonstrable teaching skills, thus be able to provide inspiring lectures, with an eye for the modernisation of teaching methods, and to apply personal research expertise to teaching, as evidenced by positive teaching assessments;
• have experience in co-developing and co-coordinating academic courses;
• hold a University Teaching Qualification (Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO)) or is willing to acquire this qualification in the near future;
• be fluent in spoken and written English and willing to learn Dutch; fluency in Dutch will weigh positively to facilitate teaching and interacting with Bachelor students;
• be effective and efficient, able to work within a team, and think conceptually.

We offer a temporary position (0,8 - 1.0 FTE) for one year in an international working environment. After positive evaluation, this can be turned into a permanent position. The gross salary - depending on previous qualifications and experience  - ranges between €3974 and €6161 (scale 11/12 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year.

In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). For more information, please visit working at Utrecht University.

A better future for everyone. This ambition motivates our scientists in executing their leading research and inspiring teaching. At Utrecht University, the various disciplines collaborate intensively towards major strategic themes. Our focus is on Dynamics of Youth, Institutions for Open Societies, Life Sciences and Sustainability. Utrecht University offers inspiring education and leading research of international quality. Researchers and students are working together towards a better world. Sharing science, shaping tomorrow.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences is one of the leading faculties in Europe providing research and academic teaching in cultural anthropology, educational sciences, interdisciplinary social science, pedagogical sciences, psychology, and sociology. More than 5,600 students are enrolled in a broad range of undergraduate and graduate programmes. The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has some 850 faculty and staff members, all providing their individual contribution to the training and education of young talent and to the research into and finding solutions for scientific and societal issues. The faculty is located at Utrecht Science Park in the Martinus J. Langeveld building nearby the historical city centre of Utrecht. 

The Department of Psychology is part of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Especially relevant for this position is that we take part in the interdisciplinary Neuroscience & Cognition master programme. The faculty also , and takes part in the recently accredited University-wide research focus area Human-centered AI and the HUMAN-AI strategic alliance programme between Utrecht University, Technical University Eindhoven, and the University hospital UMC Utrecht. This research area has an interdisciplinary focus, combining perspectives on AI from among others philosophy, computer science, linguistics and psychology. Within this wider research environment, the successful applicant will contribute to developing research at the intersection (clinical) social and affective neuroscience and psychology. In addition, besides teaching in the bachelor Psychology, teaching will consist of coursework mainly in the Neuroscience & Cognition Research Master Programme and supervising individual research projects in this master and other master programmes that our department contributes to (Applied Cognitive Psychology and Neuropsychology). 

The Department of Psychology has excellent research facilities within a state-of-the-art lab environment, including eye-tracking, virtual reality, TMS, EEG, and MRI (3 & 7T). The research programme is part of the Helmholtz Institute of Utrecht University.