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3-Year Postdoc Position on the EU co-funded project „On our own: opportunities and risks of individualising society” at the Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences in Brno

Deadline: June 30, 2025

Expected start: September 2025 / negotiable

Full-time position for 36 months

Project Focus
The candidate will pursue research within a working package dedicated to polarization and intergenerational relations within families. The project investigates how contact between different generations impacts attitudes towards polarizing issues (e.g., LGBT attitudes), and whether this impact affects polarization within broader society; primarily employing quantitative analysis of secondary (e.g., GGS dataset) and newly collected data.

Key Responsibilities

  • Designing studies
  • Quantitative analysis of longitudinal data
  • Coordinating survey data collection
  • Preparation of publications for international journals,
  • Presentation at scientific conferences
  • Realizing own research ideas within the scope of the project

Your Profile

  • PhD in psychology, sociology, or a related field (e.g., economics)
  • Strong skills in quantitative data analysis
  • English proficiency
  • High motivation, proactive and independent work ethic
  • Experience with survey design and longitudinal data collection welcomed
  • Experience with agent-based modeling welcomed but not required
  • Project requirement: During the last 5 years, you held a research position outside of Czechia for at least 2 years at a minimum 0.5 FTE or received your Ph.D. abroad. Czech nationals are not excluded.

What We Offer

  • Supportive and vibrant scientific environment in an established research group, the Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes
  • No teaching required but possible
  • Support for academic career development
  • Flexible working hours

Conditions of Employment

Salary: 54 840 CZK/month (gross, approx. 2150 EUR/month).  Czech place of residence.

How to Apply
Please, send

  • A motivation letter
  • Your CV with publication list, including contact details of two referees
  • A writing sample (a research paper)

to [zingora@psu.cas.cz] until 30.06.2025. For more information contact Tibor Zingora [zingora@psu.cas.cz] or Sylvie Graf [sylvie.graf@psu.cas.cz].

 

The job position is in the project CZ.02.01.01/00/23_025/0008710 „On our own: opportunities and risks of individualizing society” co-financed by the European Union. All your information will be processed in accordance with GDPR.

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