职位信息
PhD MediaMinds - Computational Mechanisms of Social Media Use in Youth
9月23日截止
We have an urgent need to better understand the social media engagement of youth. Social media supports the specific developmental needs of youth, such as those for social connection. However, the increased sensitivity of the developing brain to social rewards may place youth especially at risk of compulsive use.
In addition, youth’s sensitivity to social influence exposes another potential vulnerability, given that not all information is trustworthy. In this project we will focus on novel computational models to capture the complex interactions between developing motivational and cognitive processes, and specific social media affordances.
We will take a multi-method approach relying on social media trace data, experience sampling, the development of novel ecologically valid experimental tasks, and neuroimaging.
The team will consist of the PI, two PhDs and two Postdocs, as well as a large network of collaborators and co-supervisors.
You hold a master’s degree in psychology, pedagogics, sociology, educational science, or an associated field. If you completed your master’s degree in the Netherlands, we have a preference for a research master, although this is not a requirement;
You have strong interest in quantitative research;
You are motivated to design and conduct your own quantitative research;
You have excellent quantitative data-analysis skills or you are interested in acquiring these skills;
Affinity with Open Science (pre-registrations, sharing data etc.);
Experience with R or Python
You have excellent writing and presentation skills in English;
You enjoy working in a team of ambitious researchers.
As a part of this team consisting of national and international researchers, and societal partners, you will play a central role in one of the work packages of this project. You will work on a wide array of research tasks, that include designing and performing empirical studies, and co-supervising RA’s working on the project.
Your tasks as a PhD within this ERC Consolidator project will include the following:
Recruiting teens, students, parents for your studies;
Draft pre-registrations and submit ethics reviews.
Conduct data-analysis and prepare results for publications;
Draft articles for publication in peer-reviewed journals;
Contribute to the Connected Minds Lab and the wider scientific community through collaborations, workshops, presentations/talks, attending conferences.
https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-MediaMinds-Computational-Mechanisms-of-Social-Media-Use-in-Youth/800154702/
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