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The Oxford Internet Institute – founded in 2001 - is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet. We are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher to a program of research, funded by the ESRC, that will study how video game engagement is related to the mental health and well-being of players. This is a full-time post, available immediately for a fixed-term duration to 28 February 2025, based in Oxford. Reporting to Professor Andrew Przybylski, the post holder will become a member of the research group with the responsibility of conducting transparent, robust, and rigorous research aimed at addressing the most pressing questions of how digital environments influences humans. The work will be conducted in collaboration with half a dozen major video game publishers including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Novel datasets including video game play telemetry and measurements of mental health will be published along with research papers, conference presentations, and reports. Special emphasis will be placed on how learnings from this research can be applied to national and international health policy and be leveraged to improve research practices of both industry and academic researchers. The post holder will: - Provide guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants, PhD students, and/or project volunteers. - Collaborate with Professor Andrew Przybylski to undertake the collection and quantitative analysis of large-scale behavioural data. - exploration of how transparent and reproducible science can be brought to bear to study the health and well-being of young people in the digital age. - Help advance the scientific rigour in the research area. - Make new discoveries about how player behaviour, health, and motivation are interrelated. The position is suited to an individual who holds or is near to completion of a PhD/DPhil in cognitive or experimental psychology, computational psychiatry, or a highly relevant discipline. Excellent writing and presentation abilities and experience in contributing to publications focused on video games and motivation or mental health are required. Demonstrated ability working with the statistical programming language R, R markdown, and R Studio as well as data visualisation is also essential. Full details of the requirements for this post can be found in the Job Description link below. Further queries can be directed to Professor Andrew Przybylski andy.przybylski@oii.ox.ac.uk. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, a CV, and details of two referees as part of your online application. The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on 19 February 2024. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place on week commencing 29 February 2024. Committed to equality and valuing diversity.
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The Oxford Internet Institute – founded in 2001 - is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet. We are looking to recruit a Postdoctoral Researcher to a program of research, funded by the ESRC, that will study how video game engagement is related to the mental health and well-being of players. This is a full-time post, available immediately for a fixed-term duration to 28 February 2025, based in Oxford. Reporting to Professor Andrew Przybylski, the post holder will become a member of the research group with the responsibility of conducting transparent, robust, and rigorous research aimed at addressing the most pressing questions of how digital environments influences humans. The work will be conducted in collaboration with half a dozen major video game publishers including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Novel datasets including video game play telemetry and measurements of mental health will be published along with research papers, conference presentations, and reports. Special emphasis will be placed on how learnings from this research can be applied to national and international health policy and be leveraged to improve research practices of both industry and academic researchers. The post holder will: - Provide guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants, PhD students, and/or project volunteers. - Collaborate with Professor Andrew Przybylski to undertake the collection and quantitative analysis of large-scale behavioural data. - exploration of how transparent and reproducible science can be brought to bear to study the health and well-being of young people in the digital age. - Help advance the scientific rigour in the research area. - Make new discoveries about how player behaviour, health, and motivation are interrelated. The position is suited to an individual who holds or is near to completion of a PhD/DPhil in cognitive or experimental psychology, computational psychiatry, or a highly relevant discipline. Excellent writing and presentation abilities and experience in contributing to publications focused on video games and motivation or mental health are required. Demonstrated ability working with the statistical programming language R, R markdown, and R Studio as well as data visualisation is also essential. Full details of the requirements for this post can be found in the Job Description link below. Further queries can be directed to Professor Andrew Przybylski andy.przybylski@oii.ox.ac.uk. You will be required to upload a supporting statement, a CV, and details of two referees as part of your online application. The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on 19 February 2024. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place on week commencing 29 February 2024. **_Committed to equality and valuing diversity._**
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Job Description _________________________________________________________________________ Summary Job title Postdoctoral Researcher Division Social Sciences Department Oxford Internet Institute Location Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JS Grade and salary Grade 07S: £36,024 - £44,263 per annum Hours Full time Contract type Fixed-term to 28 February 2025 Vacancy reference 170933 Research topic Understanding Video Game Play and Mental Health Principal Investigator / supervisor Professor Andrew Przybylski (Professor of Human Behaviour and Technology) Project web site https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/programme-on-adolescentwell-being-in-the-digital-age/ Funding partner The funds supporting this research project are provided by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Overview of the role This research will study how video game engagement is related to the mental health and well-being of players. The work will be conducted in collaboration with half a dozen major video game publishers including Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft. Novel datasets including video game play telemetry and measurements of mental health will be published along with research papers, conference presentations, and reports. Special emphasis will be placed on how learnings from this research can be applied to national and international health policy and be leveraged to improve research practices of both industry and academic researchers. The post-holder will collaborate with Professor Andrew Przybylski to undertake the collection and quantitative analysis of large-scale behavioural data. They will build open and replicable data pipelines, help advance the scientific rigour in the research area, and discover new things about how player behaviour, health, and motivation are interrelated. Reporting to Professor Przybylski the post holder is a member of a research group with responsibility to conduct transparent, robust, and rigorous research aimed at addressing the most pressing questions of how digital environments influences humans. The post holder provides guidance to junior members of the research group including research assistants, PhD students, and/or project volunteers. Responsibilities/duties • Manage own academic research and administrative activities. This involves small scale project management, to co-ordinate multiple aspects of work to meet deadlines. • Adapt existing and develop new research methodologies and materials including those involving online trace data and data donation models. • Create transparent and reproducible pipelines for data restructuring and analysis integrating disparate ‘big data’ sources from video games platforms and by way of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and related technologies. • Prepare working theories and analyse quantitative data from a variety of sources, reviewing and refining theories and methodologies as appropriate to the study of player motivation, behaviour, and health. • Contribute ideas for new research projects involving linking well-being to online trace data and games and social media platform telemetry. • Develop ideas for generating research income, and present detailed research proposals to senior researchers. • Collaborate in the preparation of research publications, and book chapters. • Present papers at conferences or public meetings. • Act as a source of information and advice to other members of the group on methodologies or procedures such as online platform data donation. • Represent the research group at external meetings/seminars, either with other members of the group or alone. • Carry out collaborative projects with colleagues in partner institutions, and research groups. • Participate actively in the OII’s programme of seminars and events, including those aimed at non-academic audiences. • Such other comparable duties as may be required by Professor Przybylski. Selection criteria Essential 1. Hold or be near completion of a PhD/DPhil in cognitive or experimental psychology, computational psychiatry, or a highly relevant discipline. 2. Ability to manage own academic research and associated activities with an open science workflow. 3. Previous experience of contributing to publications/presentations focused on video games and motivation or mental health. 4. Ability to contribute ideas for new research projects and research income generation. 5. Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publication, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. 6. Demonstrated ability working with the statistical programming language R, R markdown, and R Studio as well as data visualisation. 7. Experience with general linear and non-linear modelling, multilevel modelling, time series analysis, classical test theory, item response theory, gaussian modelling, and psychometrical approaches. 8. Experience collecting, wrangling, and analysing large-scale behavioural data such as is generated by online games and games platforms through APIs, data scraping, bots, APIs, or related technologies. Desirable 1. 2. 3. 4. Strong publication record. Experience with meta-scientific inquiry. Experience of independently managing a discrete area of a research project. Experience of actively collaborating in the development of research articles for publication. Pre-employment screening Standard checks If you are offered the post, the offer will be subject to standard pre-employment checks. You will be asked to provide: proof of your right-to-work in the UK; proof of your identity; and (if we haven’t done so already) we will contact the referees you have nominated. You will also be asked to complete a health declaration so that you can tell us about any health conditions or disabilities for which you may need us to make appropriate adjustments. Please read the candidate notes on the University’s pre-employment screening procedures at: https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/pre-employment-checks The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) The Oxford Internet Institute – founded in 2001 - is a multidisciplinary research and teaching department of the University of Oxford, dedicated to the social science of the Internet. Digital connections are now embedded in almost every aspect of our daily lives, and research on individual and collective behaviour online is crucial to understanding our social, economic, and political world. o o o Research: We have unprecedented access to a huge volume of rich social data, and are developing new theories, concepts and methods to analyse it. Teaching: Our Masters and doctoral programmes bring students from all over the world, to work with our faculty at the cutting edge of their fields. Policy: We provide the empirical data and conceptual analysis that is so needed to design policy solutions to societal problems. Our academic faculty and graduate students are drawn from many different disciplines: we believe this combined approach is essential to tackle society’s ‘big questions’. Together, we aim to positively shape the development of our digital world for the public good. The OII aims to operate at the cutting edge in both quantitative, qualitative and computational methodologies that cut across disciplines and topics. The core of our activity is to develop rigorous peer-reviewed research and disseminate the outputs in high-quality journals, while working together with partners and stakeholders to inform and shape policy and practice. Our research focuses on areas critical to the public interest and in many cases to advancing fairness in technology. Our research has already delivered significant impact. Our faculty were among the first to draw the world’s attention to “fake news” and defined the concept of “big data”. They have undertaken ground-breaking research into technology and wellbeing using real-time industry data and persuaded major global firms to adopt new methods and practices. OII researchers have developed the first global ratings system for firms operating in the gig economy and had a significant role in influencing the online harms debate in the UK. Our four teaching programmes graduate around 80 students a year across our two Masters programmes in addition to around seven doctoral students. Many of our talented alumni go on to perform important roles and achieve significant accomplishments in the world of policymaking, technology development, civil society and academia. In 2025, the OII will take up residence in the new Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities, moving from our current location across three sites on St Giles. For more information about the Oxford Internet Institute please visit https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/. The Social Sciences Division The University’s academic departments and faculties are organised into four large groups known as Academic Divisions (Social Sciences, Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (MPLS), Medical Sciences, and Humanities). The divisions are responsible for academic strategy and operational planning, oversight of the teaching and research of their constituent departments and faculties, and for personnel and resource management. The social sciences at Oxford are distinctive for both their depth and breadth, with over 1,100 academic and research staff working across fifteen departments, faculties and schools. The Head of the Social Sciences Division is Professor Timothy Power. The Division is a world-leading centre of research and education in the social sciences. The Times Higher Education (THE) University Rankings returned the University of Oxford to the number one spot in the world for Social Sciences in 2022. We have placed first in three of the last five years (2018, 2019 and 2022). More than 800 researchers were returned to Main Panel C (Social Sciences) for REF 2021 across a diverse range of subject area ‘units of assessment’ – from geography and business to archaeology and law. Over 55% of the research submitted from the Division was judged to be world-leading (4*, the highest score available). More than two-thirds (69%) of the research’s impact was also recognised as world-leading (4*). Research from across the Division was also submitted to subject areas across Panels A (Medicine, health and life sciences), B (Physical sciences, engineering and mathematics), and D (Arts and Humanities), highlighting the enormous breadth and diversity of research expertise across the Division. Our academic and research staff and students are international thought leaders, generating new evidence, insights and policy tools with which to address some of the major global challenges facing humanity, such as sustainable resource management, poverty and forced migration, effective governance and justice. Particular research highlights in recent years have included COVID-19 and Climate Change. As well as active interdisciplinary links with researchers in other divisions at Oxford, we engage and collaborate extensively with other universities and a wide range of governmental and non-governmental practitioner communities such as law, business, public health and welfare, international development and education around the world. The Division has an extensive portfolio of external funders, partners and supporters, with competitively-awarded external research income exceeding £50 million per year and philanthropic income over £25 million a year. As part of our commitment to equality of opportunity, eight of our departments have achieved bronze Athena SWAN awards (a UK accreditation scheme recognising organisations’ commitment to equality and diversity, particularly in gender): Archaeology, the Blavatnik School of Government, Economics, Education, International Development, Law, Anthropology & Museum Ethnography, and the Saïd Business School. Our School of Geography and the Environment holds an Athena SWAN silver award. All of our other departments are either in the process of applying or are scheduled to do so shortly. The Division delivers an exceptional range of high-quality educational programmes all underpinned by the innovative research being undertaken by our academics. The student body is made up of over 2,000 undergraduate students, nearly 3,000 students studying postgraduate taught programmes and 1,200 postgraduate research students. The programmes we offer are wide-ranging, often interdisciplinary and include professionally-oriented provision in areas such as business, law and education. The Division is home to several of Oxford’s most widely recognised teaching programmes, such as Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at undergraduate level; and at the Masters level programmes such as the Bachelor in Civil Law (BCL), Environmental Change and Management, International Relations, and Social Data Science. For more information, please visit: www.socsci.ox.ac.uk. About the University of Oxford Welcome to the University of Oxford. We aim to lead the world in research and education for the benefit of society both in the UK and globally. Oxford’s researchers engage with academic, commercial and cultural partners across the world to stimulate high-quality research and enable innovation through a broad range of social, policy and economic impacts. We believe our strengths lie both in empowering individuals and teams to address fundamental questions of global significance, while providing all our staff with a welcoming and inclusive workplace that enables everyone to develop and do their best work. Recognising that diversity is our strength, vital for innovation and creativity, we aspire to build a truly diverse community which values and respects every individual’s unique contribution. While we have long traditions of scholarship, we are also forward-looking, creative and cutting-edge. Oxford is one of Europe's most entrepreneurial universities and we rank first in the UK for university spin-outs, and in recent years we have spun out 15-20 new companies every year. We are also recognised as leaders in support for social enterprise. Join us and you will find a unique, democratic and international community, a great range of staff benefits and access to a vibrant array of cultural activities in the beautiful city of Oxford. For more information, please visit www.ox.ac.uk/about/organisation. How to apply Applications are made through our online recruitment portal. Information about how to apply is available on our Jobs website https://www.jobs.ox.ac.uk/how-to-apply. Your application will be judged solely on the basis of how you demonstrate that you meet the selection criteria stated in the job description. As part of your application you will be asked to provide details of two referees and indicate whether we can contact them now. You will be asked to upload a CV and a supporting statement. The supporting statement must explain how you meet each of the selection criteria for the post using examples of your skills and experience. This may include experience gained in employment, education, or during career breaks (such as time out to care for dependants) Please upload all documents as PDF files with your name and the document type in the filename. All applications must be received by midday UK time on the closing date stated in the online advertisement. Information for priority candidates A priority candidate is a University employee who is seeking redeployment because they have been advised that they are at risk of redundancy, or on grounds of ill-health/disability. Priority candidates are issued with a redeployment letter by their employing department(s). If you are a priority candidate, please ensure that you attach your redeployment letter to your application (or email it to the contact address on the advert if the application form used for the vacancy does not allow attachments). If you need help Application FAQs, including technical troubleshooting advice is available at: https://staff.web.ox.ac.uk/recruitment-support-faqs Non-technical questions about this job should be addressed to the recruiting department directly; OII Recruitment recruit@oii.ox.ac.uk. To return to the online application at any stage, please go to: www.recruit.ox.ac.uk. Please note that you will receive an automated email from our online recruitment portal to confirm receipt of your application. Please check your spam/junk mail if you do not receive this email. Important information for candidates Data Privacy Please note that any personal data submitted to the University as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation. For further information, please see the University’s Privacy Notice for Job Applicants at: https://compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/job-applicant-privacy-policy. The University’s Policy on Data Protection is available at: https://compliance.admin.ox.ac.uk/data-protection-policy. 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Equality of opportunity Entry into employment with the University and progression within employment will be determined only by personal merit and the application of criteria which are related to the duties of each particular post and the relevant salary structure. In all cases, ability to perform the job will be the primary consideration. No applicant or member of staff shall be discriminated against because of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Benefits of working at the University Employee benefits University employees enjoy 38 days’ paid holiday, generous pension schemes, travel discounts, and a variety of professional development opportunities. Our range of other employee benefits and discounts also includes free entry to the Botanic Gardens and University colleges, and discounts at University museums. See https://hr.admin.ox.ac.uk/staff-benefits University Club and sports facilities Membership of the University Club is free for all University staff. The University Club offers social, sporting, and hospitality facilities. Staff can also use the University Sports Centre on Iffley Road at discounted rates, including a fitness centre, powerlifting room, and swimming pool. See www.club.ox.ac.uk and https://www.sport.ox.ac.uk/. Information for staff new to Oxford If you are relocating to Oxfordshire from overseas or elsewhere in the UK, the University's Welcome Service website includes practical information about settling in the area, including advice on relocation, accommodation, and local schools. See https://welcome.ox.ac.uk/ There is also a visa loan scheme to cover the costs of UK visa applications for staff and their dependents. 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