Academic/Project Assistant in Instructional Psychology

The Chair of Educational Technology at the University of Zurich's Institute of Education offers an 80% academic/project assistant position with a doctoral project in digital education. The chair studies teaching and learning with digital media, using quantitative experiments to analyse how the design of digital learning media supports cognitive, emotional, motivational and social processes during learning. The doctoral researcher will develop, run, evaluate and publish studies, build advanced methodological skills in experimental designs and meta-analysis, contribute to collaborative projects and bring findings into dialogue with educational practice.

The post starts from 1 February 2027 or by arrangement and is currently advertised for 13 months while follow-up funding is sought to complete the PhD within four years in total. Applications are due by 15 December 2026.

Master's degree in educational science, psychology, computer science, instructional design or similar; sound quantitative and ideally experimental methods; strong interest in an academic career; confident English, German a plus.