Senior Research Associate in Psychology

2 weeks ago


Lancaster, United Kingdom Lancaster University Full time

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is seeking to appoint a full time ‘Senior Research Associate’, to work with Dr Amy Atkinson (Psychology), Professor John Towse (Psychology), and Professor Brian Francis (Mathematics & Statistics). The role is for a 23.5 month period.

You will work on an ESRC funded project “Working memory and its relation to outcomes in the real world”. This grant provides a unique opportunity to examine the relationship between working memory and a range of real-world outcomes (e.g., inattentive and hyperactive behaviours, academic achievement, and unemployment) in data from thousands of participants. The project will involve analysis of existing data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). You will join a multidisciplinary team who are committed to open science practices. You will also have opportunity to work with our non-academic project partners.

You will have (or be within 3 months of the completion of) a PhD in Cognitive Psychology, Developmental Psychology, or a cognate area. You should have a demonstrable interest in working memory and/or cognitive development. You will have experience using R, or another programming language used to conduct data analysis (e.g., Python) with a willingness to learn R. For a full person specification, please see the ‘person specification’ document.



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