PHD POSITION CHILD PROBLEM BEHAVIOR AND TEACHER-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS

 

Apply before: April 15, 2019
Institute:
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Job specification:
  • The research will be embedded in the research activities of the School Psychology section of the KU Leuven. The School Psychology section consists of Prof. dr. Verschueren, Prof. dr. Colpin, and Prof. dr. Spilt. Spilt will be the promotor of the proposed project. Prof. dr. W. van den Noortgate will be involved as external advisor because of his specific methodological and statistical expertise in N=1 research designs.
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PhD – Child Problem Behavior and Teacher-Child Relationships

 

Apply before: April 15th, 2019
Institute:
KU Leuven School Psychology and Development in Context (Belgium)
Job specification: Current models of intervention have little attention to the complexities of constructing supportive teacher-child relationships with behaviorally-challenging or aggressive children and the emotional demands placed on teachers. One of the reasons is that we lack a clear understanding of more implicit relationship processes. In addition, there is also insufficient knowledge of how to assess and change negative implicit relationship processes. This proposal for strategic basic research addresses these concerns. The first goal is to increase understanding of the complexities of teacher-child relationships by examining the understudied role of implicit relationship processes in the school adjustment and sociobehavioral development of children with behavior problems. The second goal is to examine how teachers can be made aware of implicit relationship processes in relationships with behaviorally challenging children in such a way that teacher-child relationships can be improved.
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PhD – Work, Organizational and Personnel Psychology

 

Apply before: November 30th, 2018
Institute:
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: You prepare a doctoral thesis under supervision of Prof. dr. Nele De Cuyper (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences), Prof. dr. Anneleen Forrier (Faculty of Economics and Business) and dr. Sarah Vansteenkiste (Faculty of Economics and Business, Steunpunt Werk). The main focus of the doctoral thesis is unemployment and inactivity. The purpose of the thesis is to get a better view on the different profiles within the labor market reserve. What determines their distance and thresholds to the labor market and how can their transition back to the labor market be facilitated?
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PhD – Splitbelt-Training to Enhance Gait Adaptability in Parkinson’s Disease

 

Apply before: December 1st, 2018
Institute:
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: Responsibilities of the candidate:

  • Perform scientific research in preparation of a PhD thesis (see project) under the supervision of Prof. Nieuwboer
  • Assistance/guidance of Master thesis students within the research topic
  • Teaching assistance for the senior academic staff members of the Department
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PhD – Digital Wearable Walking Aid for Freezing of Gait in Parkinson’s Disease

 

Apply before: December 1st, 2018
Institute:
KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: Responsibilities of the candidate:

  • Perform scientific research in preparation of a PhD thesis (see project) under the supervision of Prof. Nieuwboer
  • Assistance/guidance of Master thesis students within the research topic
  • Teaching assistance for the senior academic staff members of the Department
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PhD – Couple Studies

 

Apply before: ASAP
Institute: Ghent University (Belgium)
Job specification: We are seeking a highly motivated full-time PhD student in the field of couple and family psychology for a research project funded by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) with a duration of 4 years. The research project aims at investigating empathic accuracy or daily mind-reading in couples by means of self-report measures and laboratory-based observation of couple interactions.

The preferred starting date for this position is mid October 2018. Review of applications will start immediately and continue until the position is filled.

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PhD – Design and Implementation of Personalized Medicine Approaches in Mental Healthcare

 

Apply before: September 1st, 2018
Institute: KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: When a person listens to sound, various parts of the auditory system are activated, including the brain. We can then measure the brain waves using EEG, decode them and draw conclusions about the auditory system.
We aim to develop a computational model of the auditory system, based on state-of-the art, deep-neural-network-based systems for automatic speech recognition. The model will be constructed by letting people listen to natural speech signals, and relating the recorded electroencephalogram (EEG) signal to the corresponding acoustic signals.
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PhD Position – Design and Implementation of Personalized Medicine Approaches in Mental Healthcare

 

Apply before: September 1st, 2018
Institute: KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: This project aims to use the latestadvances in psychological interventions, mobile health technology and experiencesampling methods to design and implement a personalized medicine app. This appwill track the patterns of symptom, mood, and behaviour dynamics of eachindividual patient throughout their daily lives, and provide feedback tothemselves and their clinicians to better tailor their care.

The PhD candidate will have a central role in this project, particularly in cooperating with clinicians for the conceptual development of the app, coordinating the software development teams, and pilot testing the app as a clinical tool in mental health settings.

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PhD Position in Neural Markers of Breathlessness

 

Apply before: September 9th, 2018
Institute: KU Leuven (Belgium)
Job specification: The PhDstudent will carry out several studies that aim to assess these aspects in are habilitation context as well as in laboratory settings. A major focus is the assessment of neural activation patterns related to breathing as measured by evoked potentials in the EEG (128-channel EEG system).
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Postdoctoral Researcher Psychology

 

Apply before: August 20th, 2018
Institute: Ghent University (Belgium)
Job specification: We are seeking a highly motivated Postdoc for a 2-year position at the Dept. of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University (Belgium). The position will be in the field of cognitive neuroscience in the context of an ERC starting grant investigating interactions between motivation, cognitive control, and memory processes. The candidate will mainly be involved in fMRI experiments, but extensions to EEG and TMS are possible.
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