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Stress for postdocs
Project description
Stress is the “buzzword” of modern life and affects all aspects of daily life. Mental and cardiometabolic disorders can be triggered when stress occurs frequently, lasts for long periods of time and/or overwhelms people’s resources. The NWE Gravity project “Stress in Action” utilizes rapidly evolving technologies and big data analytics to move stress research from the laboratory to everyday life. We will utilize new insights gained from dynamic assessment and experimental validation studies from a large long-term cohort in the Netherlands to build a theoretical framework for stress in everyday life. This will lead to a new understanding of 1) how responses to daily life stress arise from temporal dynamic interactions between environmental and individual-specific factors, 2) how daily life stress can be reliably measured in real time for a given individual, and 3) how and when potentially beneficial mechanisms of the stress response are transformed into adverse effects on psychological and cardiometabolic health. This will contribute to the development of novel monitoring and intervention strategies to track and minimize daily life stress and its impact on health.
We invite you to apply for a part-time postdoctoral position to work on theories of daily life stress.
Building on the existing literature, we will create a new scalable framework that conceptualizes stress as the result of ongoing interactions between primary environmental exposures and four subsystems (mood, cognitive appraisal and regulation strategies, physiological responses, and behavioral responses). These interactions span multiple (short- or long-term) time scales. Theory development will be based primarily on 1) existing theories of stress, 2) detailed systematic literature reviews, and 3) analysis of existing cohort data. Empirically based theories will identify specific interactions between subsystems and sensitive patterns of interactions between stress-related subsystems over time. By examining the interactions between time, the individual, and the environment, new avenues will be opened for the development of data-driven, individualized, and programmed stress reduction strategies.
Organization The University of Groningen is a research university with a global perspective, deeply rooted in Groningen, the city of talent. For over 400 years, the University of Groningen has prioritized quality with great success: it is currently ranked in the top 100 or so in several influential ranking lists. The Faculty of Behavioral and Social Sciences excels in teaching and research in the areas of human behavior, thinking, learning, and how humans live together. We are committed to addressing the social problems that people encounter in their daily lives. Foremost among these is individual and societal resilience and how to increase it. To this end, we focus on topics such as immigration, environment and climate, health, parenting and education, protection of vulnerable minorities, and sustainable partnerships. The College of Behavioral and Social Sciences has more than 650 faculty and staff. For more information about the College, please visit the link https://www.rug.nl/gmw/ This position is located in the Department of Developmental Psychology.
Functions
Ph.D. in Psychology or Health Sciences (or related discipline).
Published relevant papers that demonstrate your ability to publish in international academic journals, preferably in top peer-reviewed journals.
A clear interest in collaborative interdisciplinary research.
Proficiency in English.
Ability to work independently and manage joint research activities.
Team player with strong communication skills.
Demonstrable competencies such as conceptual ability, contextual orientation, presentation skills, and results orientation.
Work experience
We offer you our services according to the Collective Labor Contract of the Dutch Universities:
Depending on your qualifications and work experience, the gross monthly salary for a full-time position ranges from € 4060 to a maximum of € 5331 per month (salary scale 10).
A vacation allowance of 8% of gross annual earnings and a year-end allowance of 8.3%.
Attractive sub-employment conditions
Temporary 0.4 FTE for four years. You will initially be offered a one-year temporary engagement. Upon passing an Outcomes and Development interview, the contract will be extended for the remaining three years. This position is classified according to the University Position Classification (UFO) system; the UFO profile is Researcher 4.
Anticipated Start Date: June 1, 2025
Contact Information
Please submit your application to us by submitting the following documents:
– Letter of Application.
You can apply for the position via the application form (click on “Apply” at the bottom of the advertisement on the University’s website) until March 16, 2025 at 11:59pm Dutch local time (CET) or March 17th. Only applications submitted through the application form will be considered.
Selection interviews will be held the first week of April 2025.
The University of Groningen is committed to being a university where students and staff are respected and feel at home, regardless of their backgrounds, experiences, perspectives and identities. We believe that it is our shared responsibility to strive for the core values of inclusion and equality, and we are working constructively to create a safe social environment. The diversity of our students and staff enriches the academic debate and contributes to the quality of our teaching and research. Therefore, we particularly invite applications from applicants from underrepresented groups. For more information, please visit our Diversity Policy page at https://www.rug.nl/about-ug/policy-and-strategy/diversity-and-inclusion/.
Our selection process follows the Recruitment Guidelines (NVP): https://www.nvp-hrnetwerk.nl/nl/sollicitatiecode and the European Commission’s European Code of Conduct on the Recruitment of Researchers: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/ jobs/charter/code.
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Unsolicited marketing is not welcome.
Information
For more information, please contact us at:
Prof. P. de Jonge, Professor of Developmental Psychology, [email protected]
More information
Prof. P. de Jonge
offer requirements
Ph.D. in Psychology or Health Sciences (or related discipline).
Published relevant papers demonstrating your ability to publish in international academic journals, preferably in top peer-reviewed journals.
A clear interest in collaborative interdisciplinary research.
Proficiency in English.
Ability to work independently and manage joint research activities.
Team player with strong communication skills.
Possess demonstrable competencies such as conceptual ability, environmental orientation, presentation skills, and results orientation.
offer benefits/salary
Depending on your qualifications and work experience, the gross monthly salary for a full-time position ranges from € 4060 to a maximum of € 5331 per month (salary scale 10).
8% vacation allowance and 8.3% year-end allowance on gross annual earnings.
Attractive sub-employment conditions
Temporary 0.4 FTE for four years. You will initially be offered a one-year temporary engagement. Upon passing an Outcomes and Development interview, the contract will be extended for the remaining three years. This position is classified according to the University Position Classification (UFO) system; the UFO profile is Researcher 4.