We are looking for an Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology to contribute to our current research and teaching, in which the normative developmental and developmental psychopathology perspectives are intertwined.

Most of our research covers early childhood to young adulthood. Our programme has a tradition of longitudinal research using innovative designs and advanced statistical methodologies. You will contribute to our scientific output and the international visibility of our programme through publications and presentations. You will write grant applications together with others in the Social Development programme. Furthermore you will be a mentor for PhD candidates.

We teach human development and developmental psychopathology at the Bachelor's and Master's degree levels. Your teaching experience and interests should fit this mission. The courses we teach include An Introduction to Developmental Psychology; Early Childhood; Adolescence; Adulthood and Aging; Social Relations; Longitudinal Data Analysis; Clinical Assessment/Psychodiagnostics/Interventions for Children, Youth, Adults and Elderly. You will also be involved in the individual supervision of Bachelor's and Research/Healthcare Master's theses.

Furthermore you will actively participate in management tasks of the programme, including committee memberships, programme evaluations, and recruitment activities.

• You should hold a PhD in the Social Sciences, with a specialisation in social development, developmental psychology, developmental psychopathology, child and adolescent clinical psychology, or a related field.
• You have an excellent track record as evidenced by your publications and preferably also by grants or fellowships.
• A natural interest in and experience with advanced statistical analyses is a plus, especially for developmental research or behavioural research more generally.
• You have experience with longitudinal research on development or the willingness to contribute to it.
• You have experience with various forms of teaching (e.g. lecturing, workgroup supervision, and thesis supervision at the Bachelor's and Master's levels) and course coordination. You are able to motivate and engage students in research and teaching.
• You have experience with knowledge dissemination and societal impact.
• You hold a University Teaching Qualification – or are willing to obtain it – and have experience with supervising PhD candidates.
• You are a team player willing to collaborate with colleagues in both research and teaching.
• You are committed to open science and scientific integrity.
• You are willing to participate in management tasks.
• You have an excellent command of spoken and written Dutch (or the willingness to learn Dutch) and an excellent command of spoken and written English, preferably at Cambridge Proficiency Level C1.
• You have an academic attitude consistent with Radboud University's mission statement.

Fixed-term contract: 1 year, with the possibility of a permanent employment.

• It concerns an employment for 0.8 - 1.0 FTE.
• The gross monthly salary amounts to a minimum of €3,974 and a maximum of €6,181 based on a 38-hour working week, depending on your relevant experience and qualifications (salary scale 11 or 12).
• You will receive 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
• It concerns a temporary employment for 1 year, with the possibility of a permanent employment.
• You will be able to use our Dual Career and Family Care Services. Our Dual Career and Family Care Officer can assist you with family-related support, help your partner or spouse prepare for the local labour market, provide customized support in their search for employment and help your family settle in Nijmegen.
• Working for us means getting extra days off. In case of full-time employment, you can choose between 30 or 41 days of annual leave instead of the legally allotted 20.

Work and science require good employment practices. This is reflected in Radboud University's primary and secondary employment conditions. You can make arrangements for the best possible work-life balance with flexible working hours, various leave arrangements and working from home. You are also able to compose part of your employment conditions yourself, for example, exchange income for extra leave days and receive a reimbursement for your sports subscription. And of course, we offer a good pension plan. You are given plenty of room and responsibility to develop your talents and realise your ambitions. Therefore, we provide various training and development schemes.

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.

The 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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