Postdoc Position: Improving Children’s Comprehension of Multiple Digital Documents

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for the NWO Vici research project on ‘Opportunities and challenges in children’s comprehension of multiple digital texts’. We are heading towards the final years of the project, in which an intervention is planned.

Results so far show the complexities of reading and comprehending multiple online documents, as well as of integrating information from these documents into an essay. We have also seen the difficulties children have in navigating online environments.

We now plan an intervention study for the upper primary grades in which we will address these topics, and which may, for instance, consist of eye-movement-modelling examples. As we are still in the process of setting up this intervention, we are very much looking forward to your input.

You will set up and conduct the intervention, together with the PhD candidate and student-assistants. You will analyse complex data, present the results at conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, you will participate in knowledge transfer, such as writing papers for Dutch applied journals and collaborating with the Dutch Centre for Language Education in writing a book on the topic. You will also be an active member of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) in Nijmegen.

Postdoc Position: Improving Children’s Comprehension of Multiple Digital Documents

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for the NWO Vici research project on ‘Opportunities and challenges in children’s comprehension of multiple digital texts’. We are heading towards the final years of the project, in which an intervention is planned.

Results so far show the complexities of reading and comprehending multiple online documents, as well as of integrating information from these documents into an essay. We have also seen the difficulties children have in navigating online environments.

We now plan an intervention study for the upper primary grades in which we will address these topics, and which may, for instance, consist of eye-movement-modelling examples. As we are still in the process of setting up this intervention, we are very much looking forward to your input.

You will set up and conduct the intervention, together with the PhD candidate and student-assistants. You will analyse complex data, present the results at conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, you will participate in knowledge transfer, such as writing papers for Dutch applied journals and collaborating with the Dutch Centre for Language Education in writing a book on the topic. You will also be an active member of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) in Nijmegen.

Postdoc Position: Improving Children’s Comprehension of Multiple Digital Documents

We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher for the NWO Vici research project on ‘Opportunities and challenges in children’s comprehension of multiple digital texts’. We are heading towards the final years of the project, in which an intervention is planned.

Results so far show the complexities of reading and comprehending multiple online documents, as well as of integrating information from these documents into an essay. We have also seen the difficulties children have in navigating online environments.

We now plan an intervention study for the upper primary grades in which we will address these topics, and which may, for instance, consist of eye-movement-modelling examples. As we are still in the process of setting up this intervention, we are very much looking forward to your input.

You will set up and conduct the intervention, together with the PhD candidate and student-assistants. You will analyse complex data, present the results at conferences and publish them in peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, you will participate in knowledge transfer, such as writing papers for Dutch applied journals and collaborating with the Dutch Centre for Language Education in writing a book on the topic. You will also be an active member of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) in Nijmegen.

PhD Position: Inherited Networks

This PhD project focuses on the intergenerational transmission of social networks and is part of the broader NWO-funded research programme SHINE: SHaping unequal futures through Inherited Networks. SHINE collects multigenerational quantitative and qualitative data to study how parents’ social network connections and resources shape their children’s career outcomes.

As a PhD candidate, you will work on your own project within the SHINE programme. The aim is to understand how and under which conditions social networks are transmitted across generations, and how this contributes to persistent social inequality. In particular, the project examines the similarities between parents’ and children’s networks, the mechanisms through which network connections and resources are inherited, and whether these processes differ across socioeconomic groups.

You will analyse both existing panel data and newly collected survey data (e.g. with multilevel regression and longitudinal panel analysis). We will refine existing network measures to better capture inherited networks, with a primary focus on network size, composition, resources, and overlap. In addition, you will work closely with the SHINE postdoctoral researcher to collect qualitative data aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying intergenerational network transmission. Proficiency in Dutch is therefore required for this project.

As part of your PhD position, you will also contribute to teaching and will have the opportunity to work on components of your University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) portfolio.

You can find a detailed project description in the attachment at the bottom of this vacancy.

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: Inherited Networks

This PhD project focuses on the intergenerational transmission of social networks and is part of the broader NWO-funded research programme SHINE: SHaping unequal futures through Inherited Networks. SHINE collects multigenerational quantitative and qualitative data to study how parents’ social network connections and resources shape their children’s career outcomes.

As a PhD candidate, you will work on your own project within the SHINE programme. The aim is to understand how and under which conditions social networks are transmitted across generations, and how this contributes to persistent social inequality. In particular, the project examines the similarities between parents’ and children’s networks, the mechanisms through which network connections and resources are inherited, and whether these processes differ across socioeconomic groups.

You will analyse both existing panel data and newly collected survey data (e.g. with multilevel regression and longitudinal panel analysis). We will refine existing network measures to better capture inherited networks, with a primary focus on network size, composition, resources, and overlap. In addition, you will work closely with the SHINE postdoctoral researcher to collect qualitative data aimed at understanding the mechanisms underlying intergenerational network transmission. Proficiency in Dutch is therefore required for this project.

As part of your PhD position, you will also contribute to teaching and will have the opportunity to work on components of your University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) portfolio.

You can find a detailed project description in the attachment at the bottom of this vacancy.

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.