The Clinical Psychology team at the Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies at the Erasmus University Rotterdam is looking for an Assistant Professor “Digital Health Interventions” to strengthen our team in our education program and research topics.

As Assistant Professor “Digital Decision Support: Digital Health Interventions” you will develop your own innovative research line “Digital Health Interventions”, which also fits one or more of the research lines in our team: Emotional Disorders, Addiction, Developmental Psychopathology, Health Psychology and Behavior Change, Forensic and Legal Psychology.

Your focus is on the application of digital health interventions within clinical psychology, and you are interested in how digital interventions change health behaviour or help to improve mental health or treat mental health problems (e.g., anxiety, depression, addiction, etc.).

In addition to your research work (40%), you will be participating in educational activities (60%): teaching in the Bachelor’s program Psychology in domains relevant to ‘Clinical Psychology’ and in the international Master’s degree programs ‘Clinical Psychology’ and 'Health Psychology and Digital Interventions’. You develop and teach courses on these themes that create interactive settings for our students and encourage active learning. Additionally, you supervise bachelor and master theses.

Your core tasks include:

•     Developing your own research line in the area of digital health interventions, mental health, and new technologies.

•     Educating students in the master specializations ‘Clinical Psychology’ and 'Health Psychology and Digital Interventions’ and supervising bachelor and master theses.

•     Actively contributing to our open science and team science approach.

•     Actively contributing to the acquisition of external research funding.

•     Creating positive societal impact by improving human decision making, behavioural change and health, and ensuring digitalization developments do not create divides within society.

•     Cooperating in the interdisciplinary EUR-wide SSH program: The Influence of Digitization on Work, Prosperity, and Entrepreneurship.

This vacancy falls within the new interdisciplinary EUR-broad Social Sciences & Humanities program “The influence of digitalization on work, prosperity and entrepreneurship”. For this program, 3 new Assistant Professors are recruited at the Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies, to connect with the theme “Digital decision support”. Our group is committed to team science, practices Open Science, and aspires to have a diverse body of staff.

Would you be moving to the Netherlands for this position, perhaps together with your partner? Then EUR will support your relocation, and help your partner find a suitable position here as well through our Dual Career Programme.

We are looking for an enthusiastic colleague (m/f/x) who meets the following requirements:

·        You have a PhD in a topic relevant to clinical or health psychology, E-health, or digital interventions.

·        You have experience with education on the academic level, preferably in clinical psychology, health psychology or related areas. If you do not have your UTQ yet (certification required), you can enroll for the track free of charge.

·        You are able to effectively bridge different disciplines and people and enjoy working with a diverse team with various perspectives and levels of expertise.

·        You have a clinical or health psychology, an intervention science and a data-driven perspective on digital health interventions.

·        You have creative and innovative research ideas (fitting the general research lines of our team).

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

The start date of this position is 1 November 2023 or earlier, and you will be based at ESSB in Rotterdam, Woudestein Campus. The successful candidate will be offered a 0.8-1.0 FTE, one year contract with Erasmus University Rotterdam. This contract can, in case of positive assessment and unchanged organizational circumstances, be turned into a fixed employment contract. The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 4.332 to a maximum of € 5.929 gross per month on a fulltime basis, in accordance with scale 11 of the CAO-NU. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme.

Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. Combined with personal and professional development, as well as active career support, we help you become and remain fit for the future. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports center.

Erasmus University Rotterdam offers a Dual Career Programme (DCP) to assist the life partners of new academic staff (on payroll) in finding employment in The Netherlands. The programme is offered in close cooperation with the nearby universities of Delft and Leiden.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR) is an internationally oriented university with a strong social orientation in its education and research, as expressed in our mission ‘Creating positive societal impact’. EUR is home to 3.700 academics and professionals and almost 33.000 students from more than 140 countries. Everything we do, we do under the credo The Erasmian Way – Making Minds Matter. We’re global citizens, connecting, entrepreneurial, open-minded, and socially involved. These Erasmian Values function as our internal compass and create EUR’s distinctive and recognizable profile. From these values, with a broad perspective and with an eye for diversity, different backgrounds and opinions, our employees work closely together to solve societal challenges from the dynamic and cosmopolitan city of Rotterdam. Thanks to the high quality and positive societal impact of our research and education, EUR can compete with the top European universities. www.eur.nl.

Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB)

The Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences is home to a vast diversity of scientific disciplines: public administration, pedagogical sciences, psychology and sociology (www.eur.nl/essb). Our activities are always focused on people and society. At the ESSB fundamental, internationally oriented research is of paramount importance. In addition, social research for professionals, policy makers, and the society is part of our research activities. ESSB offers a stimulating research environment where major national and international research grants are received. Appealing guest researchers and ambitious PhD candidates come along to conduct their research. Both the Dutch and English education programs are highly ranked by students and alumni. ESSB is home to over 4000 students and more than 400 staff-members. More information about the research at ESSB can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/research-themes More information about the education at ESSB can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/education/find-your-study

Department of Psychology, Education and Child Studies (DPECS)

DPECS covers the disciplines of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences. More information about the research at DPECS can be found here: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/lab-society The department has access to an excellent laboratory with state-of-the art facilities, including Virtual Reality, ESM, EEG, psychophysiology, and eyetracking: https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/erasmus-behavioural-lab

Team Clinical Psychology

The Clinical Psychology team consists of five research groups with separate, but inter-connected research agendas: Experimental Psychopathology of Emotional Disorders and Affective Neuroscience, Substance Use and Addiction Science, Developmental Psychopathology, Forensic and Legal Psychology, and Health Psychology and Behavioral Change. Together, these groups are committed to a “From Lab to Society” research idea, which aims at a strong mutual connection between experimental research and clinical practice and health promotion. You can find specific information about the research groups of the clinical psychology team on:

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/social-mental-and-physical-health/emotional-disorders

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/addictions

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research-0/youth-family-and-households/mental-health-youth

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/research-themes/behavioural-change/nudging-healthy-behaviours

https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/information/researchers/research-themes/social-mental-and-physical-health/forensic-and-legal-psychology