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The section of Public Mental Health at the University of Ulm, Germany, invites applications for a three-year postdoctoral associate position (extension for another three years possible). We seek a new member of our team working in the field of stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness. The section is led by Nicolas Rüsch, Professor of Public Mental Health at the Department of Psychiatry II, University of Ulm, Germany (chair: Professor Thomas Becker).
Your tasks:
• Work with datasets from ongoing longitudinal studies on stigma and publish original articles for peer-reviewed journals
• Conduct pilot studies on stigma and discrimination (potential topics include stigma & employment; RCTs of interventions to reduce public or self-stigma; experimental work on mechanisms of successful anti-stigma interventions; qualitative work)
• Recruit, screen and assess study participants using structured interviews
• Write up study results for conferences and peer-reviewed journals
• Write grant proposals based on current data and pilot studies
• Participate in an upcoming longitudinal study on stigma and mental health service use among unemployed persons
Your profile:
• Doctorate degree (or having submitted your thesis) in social or clinical psychology/psychiatry, health service research or related fields
• Background in social psychological concepts and methods related to stigma, preferably including indirect attitude measures
• Experience with intervention research, longitudinal designs and complex data analyses, e.g. SEM, is helpful
• Very good oral and written skills in German and English
• Interest to develop and evaluate interventions to reduce public/self-stigma in collaboration with consumers/peers and researchers
• Experience with publishing original articles and preferably with grant writing
• You should be excited by research in this field
We offer:
• Possibility for co-supervising PhD students
• Chance to design novel tests and interventions in stigma research
• Support in developing your academic career by applying for grants and fellowships on completion of this position
• Opportunity to cooperate with a range of high-quality research groups in our university that work, e.g., on adolescent psychiatry, epidemiology, mental health service research or economics
• Opportunity to join ongoing stigma studies, in Ulm and internationally
• A salary according to the collective agreement TV-L level E13 and company pension scheme
To apply, please use our online application system on www.uniklinik-ulm.de/karriere by referring to the reference-code 101977.
Applications should be in English and include your CV with publication list; a covering letter outlining your background, motivation, future goals and qualifications for the job; one accepted (if not published, please include acceptance email) and one submitted 1st-authored manuscript; two letters of recommendation.
For further informations about the position, please contact Prof. Rüsch: nicolas.ruesch@uni-ulm.de
Employment takes place through the administration department of the University Medical Center Ulm, which acts in the name and on behalf of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. Handicapped people with equal qualifications will be employed preferentially. A subsequent employment is possible.
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