Doctor in Psychology

The Department of Psychology is a creative and international workplace for research and education. The department conducts successful research in work and organizational psychology, clinical psychology, cognitive psychology, perception and psychophysics, personality, social and development psychology and psychobiology and epidemiology. Our researchers regularly publish in international journals and participate actively as experts in the media. We have extensive cooperation with external organizations and we have a constant exchange of guest students and researchers from all over the world.

As a researcher with us, you have access to modern research infrastructure. Here are recording studio, advanced laboratories for sleep research and sensory research and large databases that allow for complex studies over time. We also cooperate with the center of brain imaging at Stockholm University and thereby have access to MRI, EEC and TMS.

More information about us can be found at: Department of Psychology.

Projektbeskrivning

The doctoral service is part of an ambitious research project called "Daily Rhythms in neurocognitive function and stress physiology". The project aims to establish a scientific basis for chronomedicine in psychiatry, a research field that strives to use knowledge about the body's internal biological clock to improve treatment effects and function in everyday life. Many psychiatric symptoms (eg anxiety), cognitive processes (eg attention) and stress-related physiological processes (eg, cortisol exease) vary considerably over the day. However, it is still unclear to what extent these variations are driven by the circadian system or of behavioral and environmental factors such as light exposure, sleep, food intake and stress.

Eligibility requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education, the applicant must have basic and special eligibility. The permission must be met no later than date of application.

Basic eligibility If you have departed from advanced level, or completed course trackings on the least 240 High school credits (HP), at least 60 HP at the advanced level, or otherwise within or except the country acquired mainly corresponding knowledge.

Forspecial eligibilityFor training at postgraduate level in psychology, you have at least 90 higher education credits at the basic or advanced level in psychology or other education relevant to the dissertation topics, of which at least 15 higher education credits must consist of independent work, or otherwise within You should also have such knowledge in English that allows studies of English-language fiction.

See general study plan for postgraduate education in psychology.

Selection

In the selection, the relevant to previous academic merits and an assessment will be made by the applicant's ability to assimilate the doctoral education. As a basis for this assessment is mainly used (1) The previous essay / publication to accompany the application, and (2) other training and professional qualities, including previous publications (CV).

The project includes data collections that are partially implemented evening and night time in sleep laboratory. Particularly merit is:

• Experience of work in a sleep laboratory focusing on people.
• Experience of intense longitudinal study designs including EMA.
• Experience of physiological measurements related to stress and autonomous function, such as heart rate variability (HRV) and portable sensor technology.
• Very good ability to express themselves in English in speech and writing, when the doctoral student will operate in an international research environment.
• Good knowledge in Swedish, when the project includes contact with Swedish-speaking research participants.

Please, see the psychological institution's website for further information and instructions to the application.

Admission scheme for postgraduate education at Stockholm University.

If the employment

We offer a time-limited employment as a doctoral student according to 5 Cape. Higher Education Ordinance (1993: 100). The employment time must not be longer than that corresponds to education at a full-time postgraduate level for four years. As a doctoral student, you should mainly engage in your own postgraduate education, but in the employment work with education, research and administration can be included to a limited extent (at most 20 %).

A new employment as a doctoral student applies for a maximum of one year, the employment is then renewed by a maximum of two years at a time.

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Access Date: 2027-01-01 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Contact

Additional information is provided by the project manager, Docent Leonie Balter, leonie.balter@su.se.

General information about the Department of Psychology and Application to the postgraduate education is provided by Director Mats Nilsson, tel. 08-16 46 05, mats.nilsson@psychology.su.se.

Application

You are looking for the doctoral place via the Stockholm University's recruitment system. Attach personal letter and CV and the annexes requested in the application form. You as an applicant responsible for ensuring that the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is the university with the latest date of application.

Instructions for applicants are available on the website: To seek an employment.

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