Stillingstittel: Postdoctor

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.Postdoctor within the subject areas associated with The Oslo Assessment and Learning Lab

A position as a postdoctoral research fellow is vacant in the Department of Special Needs Education within the subject areas associated with The Oslo Assessment and Learning Lab (see below). The Post.doc.’s project should be linked to the activity of the lab, for example developing assessment or intervention tools designing and running experiments, or carrying out intervention studies. A main responsibility will be to monitor the activity of the lab in collaboration with a research assistant and senior researchers in the lab.

The post doc will be associated with one of the research groups at ISP: http://www.uv.uio.no/isp/english/research/groups/

The Assessment and Learning Lab

The lab is in the process of being established in collaboration with international partners and thematically relevant groups and institutes at the University of Oslo. The lab has three main aims:

a. To enable the study of learning in novel ways with an emphasis on on-line assessments (studying learning in real time) and computerized tools.

b. To provide the students with hands on experience with assessment, intervention and counselling under the supervision of the staff members, and

c. To develop a comprehensive library of established assessment and intervention tools; this includes the development of new tools and the adaptation of international tests and materials to a Norwegian context.

This interdisciplinary and cross-faculty initiative is motivated by methodological advances within the cognitive sciences which have opened up new ways to study learning and individual abilities across the life span. There is an urgent need to include this methodology in assessments and studies of learning. The expectation is that interdisciplinary collaboration within the frames of the lab will lead to higher research efficiency and quality. Designing and running experiments will to some extent be necessary for developing assessment and learning tools.

Qualification requirements

The main objective of appointments to the position of the post doctoral fellow is to qualify researchers for work in top academic positions within areas of relevance to assessment and learning within the lab context. We are seeking highly motivated candidates who take an interest in these research areas. Candidates with degrees from subject areas which are relevant to the study of learning and assessment, such as special needs education or another relevant subject area. If applicants are deemed equal in terms of research background and other relevant qualifications, applicants with a background in special needs education will be prioritized.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate actively in the research community in the department and in the relevant research group. Further, it will be expected to be able to communicate in Norwegian with small children, youths and adults who is participating in the lab´s activities. This includes assessing persons with language delay and different disabilities.

The appointment applies for a three-year period. Up to 10% required duties can be agreed. Duties will be tied to the daily running of the lab, such as organization of lab meetings or development of materials for studies in the lab. The guidelines concerning appointment to post doctoral and research fellowship positions at the University of Oslo can be viewed