The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Psychology Department at University of Amsterdam (UvA) in Computational modelling of psychological and social dynamics in urban mental health conditions: the case of addictive substance use.
About the project:
- The goal of this project is to integrate the psychological and social levels of explanation in an encompassing computational modeling framework.
- This modeling framework will be applied to study the interplay of substance use and mental health, and will provide a toolbox applicable to study other common mental health conditions throughout the Urban Mental Health (UMH) research priority area.
Requirements:
- Applicant must hold a strong affinity to both psychological research and computational modeling and a multidisciplinary and collaborative mindset;
- Applicant must demonstrate a strong motivation for pursuing a PhD, also demonstrated with a high GPA during the master’s study;
- Applicant must possess proficiency in programming in at least R and/or Python;
- Applicant must have familiarity with (social and psychological) network modeling, agent-based modeling, simulation studies and differential equations.
Applications:
Apply online and provide the following documents:
- A resume;
- A 1-page motivation letter describing why you wish to pursue this project and how candidate see itself fitting into the project description.
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| Organization | University of Amsterdam (UvA) |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Fellowship Level | Doctoral |
| Subject areas | Psychology, Social Science |
| Fellowship amount | €2,325 to €2,972 gross per month |
| Eligibility | Open to all nationalities |
| Deadline | 24 November 2019 |
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