Research Fellow In Psychology

This is an exciting opportunity to conduct research on how a 4 day working week changes mind, brain, and body. You will analyse data from employees switching to a 4-day working week, and also data from the UK Biobank, to investigate how time spent at work influences brain function, mental health, and physical health. The research is part of the £1.6m Future Leaders Fellowship project led by Dr Charlotte Rae and funded by UK Research and Innovation. You will join a group of researchers investigating how our working lives interact with wellbeing at the Adaptive Behavioural Control Lab at the University of Sussex (https://www.sussex.ac.uk/psychology/abc-lab). Your role will involve analysing mental health, lifestyle (e.g. sleep), and occupational psychology data, as well as inflammatory cytokines from blood samples, and writing up the results for publication in peer-reviewed journals. You will be highly adept at analysing quantitative data, using statistical software such as R. You will be capable of reporting on and disseminating findings in appropriate academic and accessible language to a range of audiences. You will be educated to a doctoral level in Psychology, cognitive neuroscience or a closely-related discipline, and have an excellent academic track record. You will be a quick learner, have a friendly and amenable manner for working with participants and colleagues, and be highly attentive to details. You will be keen to learn and engage in active scholarship in relation to the research topic. Please contact Dr Charlotte Rae (c.rae@sussex.ac.uk) for informal enquiries. The University is committed to equality and valuing diversity, and applications are particularly welcomed from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics (STEMM) at Sussex. For full details and how to apply, click the 'Apply' button above.