Research Assistant

Vor 2 Tagen


Zurich, Schweiz Universität Zürich (CH) Vollzeit

**Department of Psychology**

Research Assistant for the project "Development of Adolescents' Metacognitive Control Skills"
20-30 %

At the Department of Psychology, a novel project investigating the development of adolescents' metacognition (led by Prof. Dr. Mariette van Loon) has recently started. We are looking for a student research assistant to support us with this project.

**Your responsibilities**

As a student research assistant, you:

- support with designing and programming the research tasks to measure metacognitive monitoring and control
- support with (coordination of) data collection. You will be a contact person for the research participants (school teachers, adolescent participants and their caretakers). You will visit the participating schools to collect data
- will assist the research team with preparing and coding the data
- support the team with preparing research articles and presentations (for instance making reference lists and figures)
- support the team with organizing events

**Your profile**
- You study psychology, educational sciences, or computer science and are currently doing your Master's
- You have a strong interest in research in the field of developmental psychology
- You have excellent communication skills, organizational skills, and attention to detail
- You have advanced English and German skills
- You have good data management and statistical skills (e.g., with use of R and excel) and basic computer programming skills (e.g. JavaScript)

**What we offer**

We offer an collaborative and intellectually stimulating research environment with varied work tasks and flexible working times. You will obtain experiences with longitudinal research, and learn about innovative research designs. You will get interesting insights into adolescents' development and their metacognition.

**Place of work**
Binzmühlestrasse 14, 8050 Zürich, Switzerland

**Start of employment**

Please send your CV and a copy of your academic transcript of records to mariette.vanloon(at)psychologie.uzh.ch.

**Further information**
Prof. Dr. Mariette van Loon
mariette.vanloon(at)psychologie.uzh.ch


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