Assistant Researcher DigAble 'Media-interventions and neurodivergent youth'

Help us to gain more insight into how neurodivergent youth and their caregivers can be supported in safe media use. We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled assistant researcher to join our team on the DigAble project.

Jouw functie

In DigAble we will 1) describe the needs and capacities of neurodivergent youth, their parents, educators, carers, and managers in this sector and how these should be matched with support, 2) gain insight into practice elements of media interventions for evidence on differential effects and 3) integrate findings from aim 1 and 2 to co-create an optimal decision-making framework for youth, their families, schools and care organizations, and professionals.

This project is a multi-methods study consisting of three work packages.

As one of the two assistant researchers, you will work with one of the postdoc researchers on aim 2, through systematic research synthesis, by coding studies for a systematic scoping review, co-developing a coding system for practice elements in media interventions, and contribute to coding and analysis for systematically synthesizing the effectiveness of interventions.

You will be part of a larger team of researchers (Hogeschool Windesheim, Hogeschool Leiden, Universiteit Utrecht) and experts from knowledge and educational organisations (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Practoraat Mediawijs, Nederlands Jeugdinstituut, Stichting Agora).

Your main responsibilities are to:

• Coding and organizing data from effectiveness studies
• Co-develop a taxonomy of practice elements for media interventions
• Contribute to synthesizing findings, preparing reports, and assisting with project tasks
• Contribute to the activities of the broader project

Jouw profiel

Requirements

• Master of Science in Educational Sciences, Child and Family Studies, Psychology, Public health, or a related field or in your final year of a research master in this area
• Affinity for media use and/or neurodivergent youth and interventions
• Experience with systematic reviews and quantitative research synthesis
• Strong English communication skills (both written and spoken)

Wat bieden wij

Conditions of employment

• Plenty of room for your drive to shape tomorrow's safer media use among neurodivergent youth.
• Achieve societal impact in collaboration with highly motivated colleagues.
• A position for 0.4 to 0.6 FTE one year.
• a salary of minimum € 3.218,00 (Scale 8.0) and maximum € 4.298,00 (scale 8.10) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile Education/Research Officer 3. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
• 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus
• optional model for designing a personalized benefits package
• contribution to commuting expenses
• discounts on collective insurances (healthcare- and car insurance)
• You can choose to participate in the active staff meetings, as well as the LEARN! research institute.

Over ons

Vrije University Amsterdam

About the department

The department of Education and Family Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is a world-renowned research and education centre aiming to understand parenting and parent-child relationships within the family, of education, special education, child and family welfare, and long-term care for children and adults with a disability. We use knowledge from EFS itself, but also from psychology, neuroscience and social sciences. We use a variety of research methods, such as experiments, longitudinal questionnaire research, observations, interviews and normative-ethical reflection. Our researchers have established a large national and international network of collaborators from various disciplines. You will have access to training and professional development opportunities, as well as the chance to work with leading experts in the field of parenting and child development research. The research groups are part of the Learning sciences and Child rearing research programs of LEARN! research institute, and of the Amsterdam Public Health institute. The project is embedded within Viveon, the academic collaborative centre of ‘s Heeren Loo and VU.

Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences

Developing knowledge for an active, healthy and meaningful life: that is our mission at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences at VU Amsterdam. We maintain a broad focus on the fields of behaviour and health. Our teaching and research programmes are devoted to current developments in society. From healthy aging to e-health, and from training top athletes to social media as a teaching tool. We combine three academic disciplines: psychology, movement sciences and education. A multidisciplinary approach allows us to arrive at a better understanding of human behaviour and movement. Our aims are to help people live healthier lives, learn better and function better.

Are you interested in joining Behavioural and Movement Sciences? You are the kind of person who feels at home working in an ambitious faculty, with an informal atmosphere and short lines of communication. We offer you all the space you need for personal development. Together with your 630 colleagues, you will take care of about 4,200 students.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely. - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research.

We are located on one physical campus, in the heart of Amsterdam's Zuidas business district, with excellent location and accessibility. Over 5,500 staff work at the VU and over 30,000 students attend academic education.

Diversity

Diversity is the driving force of the VU. The VU wants to be accessible and receptive to diversity in disciplines, cultures, ideas, nationalities, beliefs, preferences and worldviews. We believe that trust, respect, interest and differences lead to new insights and innovation, to sharpness and clarity, to excellence and a broader understanding.

We stand for an inclusive community and believe that diversity and internationalisation contribute to the quality of education, research and our services.

Therefore, we are always searching for people whose backgrounds and experience contribute to the diversity of the VU community.