The Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA) of Maastricht University’s School of Business and Economics is seeking to appoint one postdoctoral researcher to the project: Early Predictors of School Success: physical, mental, and Social Health and Behavior (Well-Being and Educational Performance).
In this project, they study how different aspects of health, well-being, and (un)healthy behavior of primary and secondary school pupils are related to their educational performance and educational career. They collect unique new data on physical, mental, and social health and behavior (e.g., diet, social media use, substance use, physical activity, and bullying), at two crucial education transition moments at selected schools in primary and secondary education. They survey pupils and their parents, combining reliable and validated survey measurements with innovative ways of data collection, which will be linked to data on educational performance from the Nationaal Cohortonderzoek Onderwijs (NCO).
The postdoctoral researcher will be part of a vibrant multidisciplinary research group, specialized in the relation between various dimensions of health and educational success.
Tasks
The postdoctoral researcher will work on the following:
- Quantitative analysis of unique new data on health, well-being and educational performance of children in the Netherlands.
- Support data collection, data cleaning and data linkage.
- Complete studies based on the quantitative data analysis that will be published in leading peer-reviewed journals.
- Contribute to science communication and knowledge dissemination of the results of the project to various stakeholders.
- Contribute to the ROA research community, for example by taking part in ROA’s internal seminars.
Duration: 24 months.
Salary
Following the collective labor agreement for Dutch Universities, they offer;
- a competitive gross salary of €4332,00 and €5929,00 gross per mont
- a fixed December bonus of 8.3%;
- excellent pension scheme.
- opportunity for UM employees to participate in company fitness and make use of the extensive sports facilities that we also offer to our students.
- training programs and support various well-established initiatives such as ‘acknowledge and appreciate’.
Job Requirements
Eligible applicants for this position Well-Being, and Educational Performance should have:
- A PhD degree in quantitative sociology, social epidemiology, health sciences, demography, economics, applied econometrics, or other relevant fields. Candidates who are close to defending their PhD are also encouraged to apply.
- Advanced skills in research design and relevant quantitative analysis, as demonstrated in your PhD thesis and journal publications.
- Strong analytical capacity.
- Preferably experience with data collection and working with register data.
- Affinity (and preferably experience) with research on topics around health and youth.
- Outstanding organizational, verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Affinity (and preferably experience) with science communication and knowledge dissemination.
- Affinity with work in an interdisciplinary and international environment.
Application Process
Interested applicants for this position are to upload the following documents:
- cover letter with motivation for the position
- Curriculum Vitae, and
- grade list of both Bachelor’s and Master’s studies.
To apply for the Postdoctoral Researcher in Health, Well-Being, and Educational Performance, click here.
Deadline: June 17, 2024.
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