PhD in Developmental Psychology with a focus on the development of metacognitive skills

Your Tasks

• Coordinate and conduct research on the development of metacognitive monitoring and control across childhood and adolescence.


• Design research tasks to investigate metacognitive monitoring and control.


• Contribute to research coordination, and organizational tasks within the research group.


• Collect data in schools, including establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with schools and teachers.


• Manage and analyze cross-sectional and longitudinal data using advanced statistical methods.


• Disseminate research findings through peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations and reports.


• Communicate scientific findings to schools, teachers, educational practitioners, and the broader public, and contribute to science communication and knowledge transfer.


• Contribute to teaching activities (e.g., seminars, supervision of bachelor's and master's students).


• Contribute to research coordination, and organizational tasks within the research group.

Your Profile

• You have a very good master's degree in Psychology.


• You are interested in cognitive and developmental processes underlying learning.


• You enjoy working with children and adolescents and are motivated to engage with schools, teachers, and other educational stakeholders.


• You have excellent knowledge of research methods and statistics and are interested in learning new methodological and statistical approaches. Experience with longitudinal, developmental, or school-based research is an asset.


• You are proficient in data analysis using R.


• You have programming skills or are willing to learn programming for developing and implementing computerized research tasks.


• You are proficient in both English and German and can communicate effectively with researchers, students, teachers and other stakeholders.


• You are organized, proactive, and able to work independently and reliably.


• You enjoy working collaboratively in a research team.

We offer you ...

• Joining a new and dynamic team and working on highly topical issues.


• Involvement in the research group’s projects.


• Opportunities to present your work at international conferences and workshops and to undertake research visits with collaborating researchers and institutions.


• Participation in an active doctoral program in the research area Society & Choice, with opportunities to attend courses, seminars, and guest lectures. 


• Employment conditions according to university guidelines for doctoral candidates.


• The position is initially limited to 1 year. Upon positive evaluation, the position will be extended for an additional 3 years.

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