Universität St. Gallen, HSG, Schule + Forschung
Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Behavioral Science
📍 9000 St.Gallen
Role and responsibilities
Coordinate research activities in the ACTWELL project together with Prof. Stachl Lead one or more ACTWELL work packages, in particular the sequence and dynamics analyses Process and model high-dimensional, intensive longitudinal smartphone log data Develop and validate interpretable machine learning models linking behavior and context to well-being outcomes Publish as lead and co-author in psychology, computational social science, and interdisciplinary outlets; present at international conferences Maintain reproducible analysis pipelines and preregistrations, and prepare code and materials for open release in line with the project's SNSF Data Management Plan Contribute to privacy-preserving data handling and the lab's research ethics practice Co-supervise doctoral and master's students; contribute to lab meetings and methods workshops
Team / description
"A place where knowledge is created" - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'800 researchers, educators and professional staff.
Qualifications and Skills
PhD in psychology, computational social science, data science, cognitive science, statistics, computer science, or a related field, completed by the start date or with the defence scheduled this year.
Strong applied machine learning skills and fluency in R and/or Python
Experience with intensive longitudinal, sensing, or other high-frequency behavioral data, and with the measurement problems these data raise
Publication record appropriate to career stage, including at least one first-authored empirical paper
Commitment to open, reproducible research
Excellent written and spoken English