Researcher - Brain & Cognition Team

2 maanden geleden


Rotterdam, Nederland Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Voltijd

**Introduction**:
The Brain and Cognition Team is at the forefront of cutting-edge research exploring the neural and cognitive processes underlying human behavior. Our interdisciplinary team conducts both lab-based and online research, utilizing advanced methodologies such as eye tracking, EEG, text mining, and artificial intelligence (AI). We are committed to advancing our understanding of the brain and its role in cognitive function through innovative, data-driven approaches.

**Job description**:

- Assist in the design, implementation, and analysis of lab-based experiments, including eye-tracking and EEG studies;
- Contribute to internet-based research using platforms for online experiments and data collection;
- Support data preprocessing and analysis, including programming tasks (e.g., using Python, R, or MATLAB);
- Collaborate with team members in preparing research presentations, reports, and publications;
- Help maintain research equipment and manage data integrity and confidentiality.

**Job requirements**:

- Master’s degree in Psychology or a related field;
- Strong interest in research methods and a curiosity about cognitive neuroscience;
- Familiarity with lab-based research tools such as eye tracking or EEG is a plus;
- Experience or interest in AI, text mining, and internet-based research is highly desirable;
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail;
- Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a research environment.

Experience in any of the following areas would be a plus:

- basic programming skills (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, EPRIME);
- internet-based research or lab-based research with eye tracking or EEG;
- AI, text mining.

**Employment conditions and benefits**:
We offer you an internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with excellent working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

The start date of this position is 6 January 2025 and you will be based at Campus Woudestein - Rotterdam,** **in Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences (ESSB). This position is for 1.0 fte. The salary is € 3.345 to a maximum of € 3.502 gross per month, scale 10 on a fulltime basis (38 hours), in accordance with the CAO-NU. The contract is offered for a period of 1 year.

Everything else we offer you, you can find below
- Everything you need for a **good work-life balance**: the option to work from home in consultation with your manager, 41 days of paid leave with a 40 hour contract, 8% holiday pay and an 8.3% end-of-year bonus, and a significant discount on a subscription for our on-campus sports centre
- Time and space for your development in the broadest sense: development days and a personal career budget and free access to our university library.
- Good pension with ABP that EUR contributes 2/3rds towards, discounts on various collective insurances with Zilveren Kruis Achmea, Loyalis, and Allianz, and compensation for travel, working from home and home internet use.
- Are you currently combining your job with parenthood, or do you want to do so in the future? EUR offers partially paid parental leave and fully paid additional birth leave for partners, and our campus features a daycare (daycare not paid for by EUR).
- Moving to the Netherlands for your job with EUR? Then you may be eligible for the 30%-ruling if you meet the requirements of the Belastingdienst (Dutch tax agency), and with our Dual Career Programme we will also help your partner find the right job for them.

**Employer**:
**Faculty / Institute / Central service**:
**Group**:
**Department of Psychology, Education & Child Studies (DPECS)**

Our department consists of 6 teams covering the disciplines of Psychology, Educational Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences; three closely related disciplines with each their own profile. The different psychological specialization areas of DPECS focus on understanding cognitive, physical, and social functioning and well-being in the context of mental health, education, and work. The educational sciences focus on issues regarding effectiveness and inclusion in primary, secondary and tertiary education. The pedagogical sciences focus on issues related to everyday as well as problematic development and upbringing within families, at school and in youth care. The disciplinary perspectives of DPECS complement each other and share the mission to generate societal impact with high-quality scientifical research on timely societal issues, and with the use of innovative methods and techniques and open science. The bachelor and master programs of DPECS build on this mission and educate students to become scientifically trained professionals for the society of the future.

**Department**:
The mission of our team Brain & Cognition is to explore and investigate fundamental questions about brain and cognition conform the principles of open and responsible science. Our strengths lie in both fund



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