Postdoctoral research scientist

The University of Lübeck stands for exceptional research and teaching. We are a modern foundation university with a focus on several core topics. As a life science university, we offer a range of courses from medicine, health sciences and psychology to mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology. Our motto is: "Focus on Life". The Department of Psychology at the University of Lübeck is looking to hire a

Ihre Aufgaben

This position is part of the newly established Psychological Well-being Lab. The lab studies social (e.g., social relationships) and personality aspects of psychological well-being (happiness and life satisfaction, meaning in life, emotions, and stress) using a variety of quantitative methods: Online and laboratory experiments, longitudinal studies, dyadic and round-robin designs, Ecological Momentary Assessment, and methods of computational social sciences (e.g., linguistic analysis of user responses in social media). The position offers the opportunity to develop and implement research projects on these or similar topics.

Tasks: ? Development and implementation of research projects, incl. preparation of publications in international peer-reviewed journals and presentations at (inter-)national conferences ? Support in the acquisition of third-party funding and in graduate education

? Teaching duties (in the scope of 4 hours/week) in the field of psychological diagnostics and personality psychology (in the Bachelor's program "Psychology" and in the Master's program "Psychology - Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy") and thesis supervision

Ihr Profil

? Completed university degree (diploma or master's degree) and a PhD in psychology ? Very good methodological and statistics skills (e.g., preferably, in R) and a high willingness to learn new methods ? Experience in planning and conducting scientific studies and data analysis ? Great interest in psychological research questions and the ability to work independently ? Teaching experience (ideally, in the area of personality and diagnostics, including clinical diagnostics) ? Strong command of German and English

Wir bieten Ihnen

? Excellent and state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research environment and support for your scientific career (e.g., "Habilitation") ? National and international collaborations within the research projects ? Operational pension scheme ? Flexible working hours ? Mobile working ? Compatibility of family and work ? NAH-SH public transport ticket, access to university sports facilities, discounts at the canteen on campus and many other perks ? Health management programme "Healthy University" ? Training opportunities ? Pay in accordance with the current tariff if the tariff requirements are met, up to pay grade E13 TV-L. Subject to a final job evaluation.

Kontakt

Should you have any further questions regarding the vacancy, please contact the director of the Department of Psychology Prof. Dr. Nico Bunzeck (nico.bunzeck@uni-luebeck.de).

Please send your written application including the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates, list of publications and teaching experiences) stating the reference number 1038/23 as a single PDF file by August 13th , 2023 (date of receipt) at the latest to bewerbung@uni-luebeck.de or by post to: