Project Researcher/ Doctoral Researcher (65%)

At the Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Turku, a fixed-term position as a Project Researcher/Doctoral Researcher (65%) is open for the period 1 September 2026 - 30 April 2030. The employment will begin on 1 September 2026 or as agreed.

The position is part of a project entitled "Parental experiences of social protective factors and early childhood brain and self-regulation development in low and extremely high psychosocial risk contexts" (PROSODE) which is funded by the Research Council of Finland (RCF) and connected to the ongoing RCF-funded InterLearn Centre of Excellence research program. The project examines parents' social experiences after their child is born, and the significance of these experiences for the development of self-regulation and the brain in early childhood. The aim is to investigate these connections in both low-risk and extremely high-risk families who are within the services of the Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters. The project utilizes the latest research methods and links to large international datasets (e.g., HBCD study and ABCD study). It seeks to generate up-to-date methodological knowledge to support the development of positive emotional well-being and learning in early childhood.

Job description

The position will be filled either as a project researcher or a doctoral researcher. The main responsibilities for the researcher include planning, conducting, and coordinating brain imaging measurements (EEG, mobile EEG) in infants and toddlers, as well as developing data preprocessing pipelines and analyzing the data. In addition, the researcher will be responsible for preparing and publishing scientific manuscripts as part of a doctoral dissertation, making use of the data collected in this project as well as other related project datasets. The formulation of the research topic will take into account both the applicant's own interests and goals an