Background

This vacancy falls within the new interdisciplinary EUR-broad SSH-program “The influence of digitalization on work, prosperity and entrepreneurship”. For this program, 3 new Assistant Professors are recruited at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, to connect with the theme “Digital decision support”.

Position

As an Assistant Professor you will be working in our Clinical Psychology team. You develop your own innovative research line “Digital Health Interventions”, which also fits one or more of these research lines in our team: Emotional Disorders, Addiction, Developmental Psychopathology, Health Psychology and Behavior Change.

You will be participating in teaching in the Bachelor’s degree program in Psychology in the domains relevant to Clinical Psychology and the international Master’s degree programs “Clinical Psychology” and “Health Psychology and Digital Interventions”. Teaching involves lectures, (small-scale) workgroups, (clinical) practicals, workshops and individual supervision of clinical and practical internships and research theses, along with more general tasks of coordination and administration.

The core tasks include:

• participating in teaching at a Bachelor’s and Master’s level;
• developing an own research line on digital interventions, mental health, and technology;
• participating in one or more of the research programs of the Clinical Psychology team;
• collaborating in the interdisciplinary EUR initiative “The influence of digitalization on work, prosperity and entrepreneurship”;
• collaborating with other groups (e.g., SYNC lab, Movez lab) and in initiatives at the EUR such as the sector plan topics “Youth and Resilience” or “Societal Transitions and Behavior Change”, or the Convergence Health and Technology consortia https://convergence.nl/me-health-innovators-example-translation/ or https://convergence.nl/protect-me-opening-article/ ;
• add to societal impact in support of human decision making, behavioral change and improvement of health based on data, including reducing the digital divide;
• contributing to the acquisition of external research funding.

Our group is committed to team science, practices Open Science, and aspires to have a diverse body of staff.

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague (m/f/x) who:

• has a PhD in a topic relevant to clinical and/or health psychology, E-health and digital behavior change, or experimental psychopathology;
• has scientific creativity and productivity, as shown by recent peer-reviewed publications;
• has creative and innovative research ideas (fitting the general research lines of the group);
• has experience with teaching in clinical psychology, health psychology, or related areas;
• preferably has clinical training and experience;
• has experience with working in an interdisciplinary environment and with stakeholder involvement;
• has an eye for innovations in teaching methods and is prepared to contribute to the optimization of the quality of teaching;
• has the ability to, and preferably experience with, acquiring research funding;
• is highly motivated to contribute to open science;
• has excellent social skills and is a team player

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

The start date of this position is 01/09/2022 or earlier, and you will be based at ESSB in Woudesteijn Campus, Rotterdam. The successful candidate will be offered a 0.8-1.0 FTE, one year contract with Erasmus University Rotterdam. This contract can, in case of positive assessment and unchanged organizational circumstances, be turned into a fixed employment contract. In accordance with the conditions applied at Erasmus University Rotterdam as indicated in the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO NU) of the Dutch universities, the salary is dependent on the candidate’s experience and is set at a maximum of CAO NU scale 11 with a minimum of €3.974,- to a maximum of € 4.670,- gross per month, on a fulltime basis. In addition, EUR pays an 8% holiday allowance and an end-of-year payment of 8.3% and offers excellent secondary benefits, and a very generous leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal education budget, work-life balance coaches and more. Employees can also use EUR facilities, such as the Erasmus sports center and the University library.

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a Dual Career Programme (DCP) to assist the life partners of new academic staff (on pay-roll) in finding employment in The Netherlands. The programme is offered in close cooperation with nearby universities of Delft and Leiden.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.  

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)

The Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences is home to a vast diversity of scientific disciplines: public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology (www.eur.nl/essb). Our activities are always focused on people and society. At the ESSB fundamental, internationally oriented research is of paramount importance. In addition, social research for professionals, policy makers, and the society is part of our research activities. ESSB offers a stimulating research environment where major national and international research grants are received. Appealing guest researchers and ambitious PhD candidates come along to conduct their research. Both the Dutch and English education programs are highly ranked by students and alumni. ESSB is home to over 4000 students and more than 400 staff-members. More information about the research at ESSB can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/research-themes More information about the education at ESSB can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/education/find-your-study

Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS)

DPECS covers the disciplines of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences. More information about the research at DPECS can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/lab-society The department has access to an excellent laboratory with state-of-the art facilities, including Virtual Reality, ESM, EEG, psychophysiology, and eyetracking: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/erasmus-behavioural-lab

Team Clinical Psychology

The Clinical Psychology team consists of five research groups with separate, but inter-connected research agendas: Experimental Psychopathology of Emotional Disorders and Affective Neuroscience, Substance Use and Addiction Science, Developmental Psychopathology, Forensic and Legal Psychology, and Health Psychology and Behavioral Change. Together, these groups are committed to a “From Lab to Society” research idea, which aims at a strong mutual connection between experimental research and clinical practice and health promotion. You can find specific information about the research groups of the clinical psychology team on:

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/social-mental-and-physical-health/emotional-disorders

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/addictions

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/youth-family-and-households/mental-health-youth (...)

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/research-themes/behavioural-change/nudging-healthy-behaviours