Your tasks:
- Provide tailored support for PSI researchers who would like to implement or improve Open Science practices in their research, such as:
- advisory services on posting pre-prints
- implementing user participation
- pre-registration of hypotheses
- making data FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable)
- open science plans for grant applications
- reproducible statistical inference (e.g., in JASP or R).
- Contribute towards open science communications at PSI: ○ Managing the PSI Open Science Portal, which will provide comprehensive information on implementing open science practices in research across PSI
- Managing the PSI Open Science mailing list
Researchers and PSI administration will be invited to request these services as needed.
Your skills, interests and qualifications
- Preferably a Bachelor in Psychology (more experienced bachelor students might be considered)
- Strong understanding of Open Science principles and practices, including familiarity with open data, open access publishing, research transparency, and/or user participation.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
We offer:
A temporary research technician position (approximately 250 hours throughout 2025).
Application process
If you are passionate about Open Science and want to contribute to a leading academic institution, we encourage you to apply. Please submit by June 15 your CV and a one-page cover letter highlighting your relevant experience, and the contact information of two references to julien.mayor@psykologi.uio.no. Short-listed candidates will be invited for a brief interview and the selected candidate will be able to start shortly after the selection process is complete.