3-year doctoral position (m/f/d) on Giftedness and Neuroscience (75%, E 13 TV-L1)

The Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology is currently inviting applications for the following position :

3-year doctoral position (m/f/d) on
Giftedness and Neuroscience
(75%, E 13 TV-L1)

We are seeking an excellent doctoral candidate who has strong passion to examine how to improve education for gifted primary school children by combining neuroscience and educational psychology. The successful candidate will work with Professors Jessika Golle, Michiko Sakaki, Kou Murayama, and Birgit Derntl in our project on giftedness and neuroscience. This is an exciting interdisciplinary project based on collaboration across the Hector Research Institute and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Tübingen. We aim to a) uncover the brain development of intellectually gifted children and b) propose a new enrichment program on neuroscience for primary school children. The successful candidate will lead the development and validation of the enrichment program while being involved in neuroimaging data collection in gifted primary school children as a collaborator. Applicants can come from any fields of neuroscience/psychology or related fields.

The position comes with a contract for 3 years. The expected start date is February 2023.

The successful candidate is expected to work with our interdisciplinary team to develop an educa- tional program on neuroscience for gifted primary school-aged children and examine its effectiveness. The successful candidate will be also likely to engage in neuroimaging data collection from gifted primary school children. There is the opportunity to work with children from the Hector Children’s Academy Program, a state-wide enrichment program for gifted primary school children in Baden- Württemberg, to advance our understanding of the developmental mechanisms behind exceptionally talented children.

The PhD candidate will benefit from unique opportunities, including :

  • Close collaboration, mentoring, and professional development from a supervisory team

  • Work with an inspiring, multidisciplinary, and international team that includes many other tal-

    ented PhD candidates

  • Supportive environment to enable presentations at national and international conferences and

    publications in highly ranked journals to advance an (international) academic career

  • Opportunities for interdisciplinary and international exchange programs (e.g., lab visits)

  • Access to the LEAD Research Network (www.lead.uni-tuebingen.de)

 

Requirements
Graduates (and applicants about to graduate) with a master’s degree in psychology, education sci- ences, or a related field with excellent grades and a strong interest in research from interdisciplinary perspectives are encouraged to apply. Experience and interest in giftedness research, in developing learning materials for primary school children and/or educational neuroscience, in conducting ran- domized controlled field trials in education, and/or in data collection with children is desirable. Profi- ciency in German language is also desirable.