Assistant Professor, Psychology – Quantitative, Computational, and Data Science

The Department of Psychology at UC Irvine (School of Social Ecology) is recruiting a tenure-track Assistant Professor to expand its expertise in quantitative, computational and data-science approaches to human behaviour and psychological processes. Scholars may develop or apply machine learning and AI, computational modelling, causal inference, epidemiologic methods, advanced statistical modelling, natural language processing and network analysis, drawing on large-scale, population-based, intensive longitudinal, multimodal or digitally generated behavioural data such as text, social interaction, smartphone and sensor data, administrative and clinical records, and cohort and registry data.

The work must fit one of the department's substantive areas of developmental, health, social or clinical psychology. The position begins on 1 July 2027, with teaching from Fall Quarter 2027; the posted salary range is $80,800-$104,700.

Doctoral degree in psychology or a closely related discipline. Research fitting developmental, health, social or clinical psychology using quantitative, computational or data-science methods. Application through UC Recruit.