About the position

Applications are invited for 1-2 fulltime positions as researcher (SKO 1109) at the Section for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (CCN) at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. The position(s) is affiliated with the environMENTAL project (www.environmental-project.org), which is funded through Horizon Europe throughout May 2027. The position(s) is for a period of 24 months and starting approximately in June 2025. Starting date is negotiable.

Through a close collaboration between several institutions worldwide, the project aims to build a data infrastructure to study the connection between environment, genes, and mental health. It will gather and organize large collections of data on people's health, environment, and genetic information. Researchers will use this data to discover how factors such as COVID-19, climate changes or pollution might affect mental well-being. The goal is to find patterns and predict who is most at risk for mental health issues based on their genes and environment. The tools and data created will be shared to help other scientists study and address these important issues.

The position(s) will be affiliated with the Multimodal Imaging Group at the Department of Psychology and will be integrated with the Centre for Precision Psychiatry (https://www.med.uio.no/klinmed/english/research/groups/precision-psychiatry/). Key tasks include to prepare and run large-scale federated analyses of genetic and neuroimaging data across international cohorts, as well as interpret and prepare the results for publication and other forms of dissemination. An additional important task is to contribute to the establishment of a harmonised data management structure and liaison with the international partner sites and national collaborators. The position(s) is an excellent opportunity for candidates who wish to pursue a strong research career at one of Europe’s leading institutes.
 

Qualifications and personal skills

Qualification requirements:

• Applicants must hold a doctoral (ph.d. or equivalent) degree in psychology, medicine, biology, computational neuroscience, genetics, or similar. For applicants who have yet to receive their ph.d. degree, the doctoral dissertation must have been submitted for evaluation before the application deadline.
• Previous experience with analysis of genetic and/or brain MRI data is required. 
• Previous experience with statistical analysis and programming (Bash, R, MATLAB, Python or similar) is required. 
• Excellent communication and collaborative skills (team player) is required.
• Excellent English scientific writing skills is required.
   

Qualifications that will be considered an advantage:

• Previous experience with interdisciplinary and international research projects is an advantage. 
• Documented interest in and experience with mental health research is an advantage.
• Proficiency in executing computationally intensive analyses on high-performance computing systems, including job scheduling, parallel processing, and optimizing workflows for large-scale genetic and neuroimaging datasets is an advantage.
• Documented experience with Open science practices is an advantage.

The evaluation of applicants is based on documented, academic qualifications and relevant experience. Personal suitability, motivation, and compatibility with the rest of the research group are also considered.

We offer

• An ambitious and exciting research environment with a strong multidisciplinary profile and excellent opportunities for academic development.
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Researcher, position code 1109 in salary range NOK from 610 000–690 000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

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Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

Application

Your application should include:

• Cover letter (brief statement of motivation and research interests, career plan).
• CV (summarizing education, positions, relevant experience).
• Relevant educational certificates and transcripts of records
• List of 2-3 references (name, relation to candidate, e-mail and phone number)
• List of publications, if any (including preprints with valid links). Publications should not be submitted along with the initial application.
   

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews.

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we can't, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian) and Rules for the use of research posts SKO 1108, 1109, 1110 and 1183 at UiO.

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.