As a tertiary and quaternary level provider of medical care, the University Hospital of RWTH Aachen combines patient-oriented medicine and care, teaching and research at an international level. The entire spectrum of medical care is provided through 36 specialist departments, 33 institutes and six interdisciplinary units. The co-location of patient care, research and teaching in a central building offers the best conditions for intensive interdisciplinary exchange and close clinical and scientific networking. Highly qualified teams of doctors, nurses and scientists work collaboratively to optimise the healthcare provision of our local, regional, national and international patients. Around 9,000 employees ensure that our care delivery is patient-oriented medicine and surpasses the highest quality standards. With 1,400 beds, the university hospital treats around 50,000 inpatient and 200,000 outpatient cases per year.
The Healthy Living Spaces Lab of the institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine at Uniklinik RWTH Aachen is looking for
Research interns (f/m/d) in environmental psychology
The internship is initially limited for 3 months and unpaid.
The time frame of the internship is flexible and discussable. Remote work is possible. The position is to be filled as soon as possible. The internship will be supervised by Dr. Rania Christoforou (Clinical Psychology Ph.D.) and Janine Bardey (Energy engineering M.Sc.)
The teaching and research area Healthy Living Spaces Lab (headed by Prof. Dr. Marcel Schweiker) aims at the development of innovative approaches to the design of living spaces and buildings, to the analysis of sources of disturbance and to the development and establishment of preventive measures. The working group sees itself as an inter- and transdisciplinary link between medical research and relevant research activities from engineering, natural and social sciences.
Tasks
They will mainly work on a project that investigates the effect of living space design on user comfort and behaviour in collaboration with participants. The experiments are to be conducted between July and October by the Healthy Living Spaces working group from Aachen on the premises of the Living Lab NRW in Wuppertal. The internship includes the possibility to accompany the preparations and the analysis of the experiments.
The tasks during the preparation until July include
- Support in setting up the questionnaires in SoSci Survey (remote possible)
- Preparation of the experiments in the Living Lab (in Wuppertal) Tasks during the analysis include
- Support with statistical analysis of the participant data (remote possible)
In addition, you will also support our multidisciplinary team on other interesting projects with your psychological knowledge and perspectives.
Profile
You are a student in Psychology with
- Strong background in basic empirical research methods and data analysis
- Preferable:
- Experience with SoSci Survey
- Experience in programming with R or python
- Interest for interdisciplinary research
- For foreign students: valid residence certificate, work permit, registration certificate
Application
- A short cover letter
- E.g. regarding related skills, experience, interests…
- Max. one page
- In English or German
- Course grades in Psychology
- Tentative time frame of the internship (date and duration) and preference to participate in experiment preparation, experiment monitoring or evaluation.
For your information: In case you are not aiming for an online internship, before starting the internship, a pre-employment examination must take place at the University Medical Center of Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, if you are not studying at the RWTH Aachen.
This position is not gender specific.
The RWTH Aachen University Hospital promotes equal opportunities and diversity. Applications from women are expressly encouraged and if the applicant is suitable qualified, they will be given priority in accordance with the LGG. If suitably qualified, people with a registered disability will also receive priority.
You should preferably use our digital application portal at www.karriere.ukaachen.de for your application. There you have the option of securing your documents in the electronic application folder to prevent unauthorized access. Applications that reach us by email to: bewerbung@ukaachen.de (this transmission path cannot be as effectively secured) will be transferred to the aforementioned portal and any accompanying documents will be disposed of in accordance with data protection regulations immediately after transfer. After the retention period has expired, the data in the portal will also be deleted. If you do not agree to a transfer to the Application portal your application cannot be considered.
The application deadline for the advertised position GB-P-47586 is 31.03.2025
For more detailed information please contact Ms. Janine Bardey, E-Mail: jbardeyukaachende.
