PhD program in Psychology; 5 positions 1174 views

The DFG Research Training Group “Statistical Modeling in Psychology” (SMiP) at University of Mannheim offers 8 positions for its PhD program. The group is a transregional collaboration of thirteen renowned behavioral researchers from five German universities.

Study areas: Psychology with current advances in statistical modeling

About the PhD programme:

• The programme supports and accelerates work on the PhD projects
• It entails 6 semesters of courses, skill trainings, and workshops instructed by renowned experts in the respective fields.
• The SMiP group provides scientific contact and exchange with successful researchers worldwide and supports visits to external labs in research groups abroad.
• Travel support, own office space, IT equipment, and access to laboratory facilities are included.

PhD projects (three thematic areas):

• cognition and social cognition
• motivation and affect
• individual differences

Starting date: October 2019

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold a very good research-oriented Master’s degree in Psychology and must have great interest in approaching substantive research questions by means of statistical modeling.
• Applicant must possess excellent English language proficiency (oral and written)

Applications:

• SMiP Application Form along with the necessary certificates and documents preferably via email to anke.soellner@uni-mannheim.de