PhD Position: Individual Dynamics of Fatigue

Your primary responsibilities will be to co-design, carry out, write up and present research on the experience of fatigue. Ultimately, this research will lead to several publications in psychological or multidisciplinary journals, which together will form the backbone of your PhD thesis. After four years, your thesis will be completed, and you will be ready to defend it.

The starting point of this research project is that fatigue is a dynamic phenomenon. It fluctuates substantially, on different time courses. For some people, fatigue emerges especially at the end of the working day; for other people, fatigue may be especially pronounced right after waking up; for yet other people, fatigue becomes more intense only after several weeks of high workload; and so forth. Yet, in the past, researchers have often treated fatigue as a rather static phenomenon. For example, in most studies in medicine, fatigue is measured by asking how fatigued people felt “in the last month”. To drive innovation in this research area, the main aim of this project is to work towards a new conceptual model that explains the individual dynamics of fatigue.

The project will start with an analysis of already-collected data. You will use several forms of time series analysis (on Ecological Momentary Assessment [EMA] data), aiming to develop new ways to quantify fast and slow fluctuations of fatigue in real life, based on complexity theory. Then, you will co-design and conduct a study on people with burnout complaints (i.e. people who are highly affected by fatigue). Finally, you will co-design and conduct a field experiment aimed at changing fatigue dynamics in real life.

As part of your PhD position, you will have a 10% teaching load, and you will be given the opportunity to work on your teaching portfolio for a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ).

Finally, in your job, you will also contribute to academic life at the Behavioural Science Institute, for example by contributing to lab groups, sharing your skills, insights and ideas and engaging with other researchers.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

Managementassistent

Als managementassistent bied je ondersteuning aan de medewerkers van de verschillende opleidingen en de collega's van Bureau Onderwijs en Studentzaken van de Faculteit der Letteren. Je werkzaamheden voor de opleidingen en docenten liggen op allerlei gebieden: van het organiseren van vergaderingen en bijeenkomsten en het maken van besluitenlijsten tot het ondersteunen bij congressen en bestellen van materialen.

Door allerlei praktische zaken voor nieuwe medewerkers te regelen, zorg je voor een warme ontvangst. Daarnaast bemens je, samen met twee collega’s, de frontoffice van het stafsecretariaat. Daar handel je alle binnenkomende vragen en verzoeken af en sta je medewerkers te woord. Je zorgt voor het bestellen en de uitgifte van kantoorartikelen, het reserveren van vergaderruimtes en de postbezorging.

Tevens ondersteun je waar nodig en in piektijden de collega's van de onderwijsadministratie en de studentenbalie in hun werkzaamheden en administratieve taken voor het onderwijs. Je bent bijvoorbeeld achterwacht voor de ondersteuning van de examencommissie en de tentamenorganisatie. Je deelt de balieruimte met de studentenbalie van de Faculteit der Letteren.

PhD Position: Individual Dynamics of Fatigue

Your primary responsibilities will be to co-design, carry out, write up and present research on the experience of fatigue. Ultimately, this research will lead to several publications in psychological or multidisciplinary journals, which together will form the backbone of your PhD thesis. After four years, your thesis will be completed, and you will be ready to defend it.

The starting point of this research project is that fatigue is a dynamic phenomenon. It fluctuates substantially, on different time courses. For some people, fatigue emerges especially at the end of the working day; for other people, fatigue may be especially pronounced right after waking up; for yet other people, fatigue becomes more intense only after several weeks of high workload; and so forth. Yet, in the past, researchers have often treated fatigue as a rather static phenomenon. For example, in most studies in medicine, fatigue is measured by asking how fatigued people felt “in the last month”. To drive innovation in this research area, the main aim of this project is to work towards a new conceptual model that explains the individual dynamics of fatigue.

The project will start with an analysis of already-collected data. You will use several forms of time series analysis (on Ecological Momentary Assessment [EMA] data), aiming to develop new ways to quantify fast and slow fluctuations of fatigue in real life, based on complexity theory. Then, you will co-design and conduct a study on people with burnout complaints (i.e. people who are highly affected by fatigue). Finally, you will co-design and conduct a field experiment aimed at changing fatigue dynamics in real life.

As part of your PhD position, you will have a 10% teaching load, and you will be given the opportunity to work on your teaching portfolio for a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ).

Finally, in your job, you will also contribute to academic life at the Behavioural Science Institute, for example by contributing to lab groups, sharing your skills, insights and ideas and engaging with other researchers.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

PhD Position: Individual Dynamics of Fatigue

Your primary responsibilities will be to co-design, carry out, write up and present research on the experience of fatigue. Ultimately, this research will lead to several publications in psychological or multidisciplinary journals, which together will form the backbone of your PhD thesis. After four years, your thesis will be completed, and you will be ready to defend it.

The starting point of this research project is that fatigue is a dynamic phenomenon. It fluctuates substantially, on different time courses. For some people, fatigue emerges especially at the end of the working day; for other people, fatigue may be especially pronounced right after waking up; for yet other people, fatigue becomes more intense only after several weeks of high workload; and so forth. Yet, in the past, researchers have often treated fatigue as a rather static phenomenon. For example, in most studies in medicine, fatigue is measured by asking how fatigued people felt “in the last month”. To drive innovation in this research area, the main aim of this project is to work towards a new conceptual model that explains the individual dynamics of fatigue.

The project will start with an analysis of already-collected data. You will use several forms of time series analysis (on Ecological Momentary Assessment [EMA] data), aiming to develop new ways to quantify fast and slow fluctuations of fatigue in real life, based on complexity theory. Then, you will co-design and conduct a study on people with burnout complaints (i.e. people who are highly affected by fatigue). Finally, you will co-design and conduct a field experiment aimed at changing fatigue dynamics in real life.

As part of your PhD position, you will have a 10% teaching load, and you will be given the opportunity to work on your teaching portfolio for a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ).

Finally, in your job, you will also contribute to academic life at the Behavioural Science Institute, for example by contributing to lab groups, sharing your skills, insights and ideas and engaging with other researchers.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

Managementassistent

Als managementassistent bied je ondersteuning aan de medewerkers van de verschillende opleidingen en de collega's van Bureau Onderwijs en Studentzaken van de Faculteit der Letteren. Je werkzaamheden voor de opleidingen en docenten liggen op allerlei gebieden: van het organiseren van vergaderingen en bijeenkomsten en het maken van besluitenlijsten tot het ondersteunen bij congressen en bestellen van materialen.

Door allerlei praktische zaken voor nieuwe medewerkers te regelen, zorg je voor een warme ontvangst. Daarnaast bemens je, samen met twee collega’s, de frontoffice van het stafsecretariaat. Daar handel je alle binnenkomende vragen en verzoeken af en sta je medewerkers te woord. Je zorgt voor het bestellen en de uitgifte van kantoorartikelen, het reserveren van vergaderruimtes en de postbezorging.

Tevens ondersteun je waar nodig en in piektijden de collega's van de onderwijsadministratie en de studentenbalie in hun werkzaamheden en administratieve taken voor het onderwijs. Je bent bijvoorbeeld achterwacht voor de ondersteuning van de examencommissie en de tentamenorganisatie. Je deelt de balieruimte met de studentenbalie van de Faculteit der Letteren.