Vacant job

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked among the world's leading universities. With approximately 46,000 students and 8,500 staff members across Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö, we are united in our strive to understand, explain, and improve our world and the conditions of human life.

The Department of Psychology is seeking an expert in methodology and statistics for a 10% full-time position for a period of one year.

Responsibilities

The purpose of this appointment is to utilize and further develop unique expertise in the field, which is of crucial importance to the department's research quality, doctoral education, and long-term development.

The responsibilities include:

• providing qualified advice and support in methodological and statistical issues to researchers, doctoral students, and other staff members,
• organizing and conducting workshops, seminars, and method groups focusing on current methodological and statistical challenges,
• developing and disseminating advanced knowledge of sophisticated analysis methods (e.g., measurement invariance testing, handling systematic response biases, equivalence testing),
• contributing to ensuring high methodological standards in ongoing research projects and teaching,
• supporting competence transfer within the methodological field, with a particular focus on early-career researchers and doctoral students.

Qualifications

Candidates must have documented scientific proficiency in methodology and statistics at a level corresponding to professorial competence. The applicant must have a clear scientific grounding within the field of psychological research.

Special emphasis will be placed on:

• experience in providing qualified research support in methodological and statistical matters,
• documented pedagogical proficiency in the form of teaching, supervision, and seminar activities,
• the ability to translate advanced methodological knowledge into practical application in research projects.

Other Merits

Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration, international research networks, and documented engagement in methodological and statistical issues within psychology is considered an advantage.

Terms of Employment

Fixed-term appointment for 1 year at 10% full-time equivalent, starting as agreed.

The Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University is one of the country's leading knowledge centers for research and education in the social and behavioral sciences. With operations in both Lund and Helsingborg, over 700 employees, and approximately 5,700 full-time equivalent students, the faculty is one of Lund University's largest. We offer a creative academic environment with engaged students and staff. Our main task is to develop, disseminate, and manage knowledge about society, humans, and organizations in an environment characterized by openness, tolerance, and curiosity.

The Department of Psychology combines education with research and has been highly successful in recent years in competing for external research funding. Central research areas include work and organizational psychology, clinical psychology, cognition, neuropsychology, personality and social psychology, as well as developmental psychology.

Many of our courses are developed in connection with research projects, and students have the opportunity to benefit from current research findings from teachers who are themselves active researchers in their respective fields. Our educational environment has long been strongly internationalized.

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