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Postdoctoral Researcher in Adolescent Well-Being, Social Inequalities, Digital Media and Computational Methods

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona - Department of Sociology, Centre for Demographic Studies (CED)

Location: Barcelona - Spain
Salary: From €42,396 or £36,875.87 (converted salary*) gross annual
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract
Placed On: 12th November 2024
Closes: 3rd December 2024

The Centre for Demographic Studies (CED) and Department of Sociology from Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) are looking for an outstanding social scientist to fill in a 3-year postdoctoral position funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant project DIGINEQ – “Digital Time Use, Adolescent Well-Being, and Social Inequalities” (PI: Prof. Pablo Gracia). 

In DIGINEQ, you will conduct pioneering research on how adolescent digital use influences well-being outcomes (i.e., mental health and academic outcomes) across demographic and socioeconomic groups. You will lead cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, multi-method research with the PI, other postdocs and PhDs by (1) analysing rich mobile-app data with advanced longitudinal computational tracking techniques to study inequalities in adolescents’ digital use and well-being, and (2) examining data from RCT digital interventions with schools, families and adolescents to promote adolescent healthy digital engagement and well-being, using computational and mixed-method designs. 

You will join a leading research team in social sciences, and an excellent hub of population research (CED) and applied social science research (Sociology UAB). You will integrate into a vibrant international network of top interdisciplinary collaborators and partners on areas like youth well-being and mental health, inequalities and social stratification, population and demography, digital media, computational methods, digital social sciences, social psychology and education. 

You will get a competitive salary, starting at €42,396 gross annual payment (~ €2,600 net monthly salary) and generous travel, conference, and training support (€3,000 every year). 

Person Specification 

Essential:

  • PhD completed or close to completion in a relevant discipline for this position (e.g., sociology, population sciences, psychology, computational social sciences, media and communication, computer science, economics, education).
  • PhD degree must be completed, or thesis officially submitted, when you start the position.
  • Excellent scientific/publication record according to level of career experience.
  • Substantive expertise in at least one of these areas: adolescent well-being; inequalities and stratification; digital media; computational sciences; family research; RCT interventions.
  • Excellent methodological skills in at least one of these: (i) advanced statistical modelling, (ii) computational methodologies (e.g., big-data, AI, mobile-app data tracking); (iii) mixed-method designs (e.g., combining survey data with focus groups and qualitative interviews).
  • Experience in working with complex data, ideally statistical/computational data.
  • Proficiency, or interest, in relevant statistical software (e.g., R, Stata, Python).
  • Interest in designing digital interventions and RCT school-based interventions.
  • Willingness to keep learning and innovating using pioneering methods.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
  • Ambition and proven ability to produce high-quality research and publications.
  • Ability to work effectively with high levels of independence.
  • Proactive attitude and ability to work as part of a team. 

Desirable:

  • Experience in leading primary data collection (e.g., with families, youth, schools).
  • Leadership skills to work with PhD researchers and RAs.
  • Interest and willingness to pursue future projects/grants in the field.
  • Experience or interest in narrative qualitative data with relevant software (e.g., Nvivo).
  • Some knowledge of Spanish or Catalan or interest in learning basic Spanish or Catalan during your post. 

Application Procedure 

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Applicants must send the following documents (in PDF) by email to digineq@ced.uab.es adding pgracia@ced.uab.es as cc, writing “Postdoc DIGINEQ” in the subject line:

  • Motivation letter (2 pages max).
  • CV in English (free format).
  • Two research samples written in English (e.g., scientific papers).
  • Contact details of 2 referees.
  • Copy of ID/Passport.
  • Copy of degree certificates.
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