Social and Personality Psychology Lab

Job vacancy: Student assistant (SHK/WHF) from October/November 2026

22.07.2026|12:00 Uhr

The Chair of Social and Personality Psychology is looking for a student assistant (SHK) to work 5 hours per week, with a start date of October/November 2026.

Requirements

- Enrolled on a Bachelor's degree programme in Psychology
- Interest in issues relating to social and personality psychology
- Good knowledge of standard software (e.g. MS Office)
- A conscientious and independent approach to work
- Very good written and spoken English for communicating within the team
- Knowledge of statistical analysis software (e.g. R), or willingness to acquire this knowledge
- Knowledge of Typo3, or willingness to learn it

Responsibilities

- Supporting the department's research projects
- Learning to use statistical analysis software under supervision
- Learning to programme online surveys (e.g. Sosci Survey)
- Literature research and sourcing
- Supporting the teaching activities of the department's staff
- Administrative support tasks

What we offer

- Flexible working hours, to be agreed with the team
- Training in academic work
- Training in designing studies and analysing study results
- Insights into, and active involvement in, current research work

Interested candidates should send their application, including the usual documents (cover letter and CV in tabular format), as a single PDF file by 20 August 2026 to sozialpsychologie@uni-wuppertal.de.

We look forward to receiving your applications!

 

Last modified: 12.05.2022