Applications are invited for 1-2 full time positions for three- to four-years as Postdoctoral Fellows at the Centre for Research on Equality in Education (CREATE), Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway. The positions have a double affiliation with the Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO).
CREATE is an interdisciplinary Centre of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway with the objective to generate novel knowledge about how to reduce inequalities in education. The interdisciplinary center integrates researchers with substantive expertise from education, psychology, sociology, economics, and genetics, and methodological expertise from educational measurement, psychometrics, econometrics, statistics, and biostatistics. The Postdoctoral Fellowships are affiliated with CREATE's research strand 3 «Addressing key methodological challenges».
CEMO provides a stimulating research environment by bringing internationally renowned substantive and methodological experts together. Research at CEMO combines basic research and applications of advanced measurement techniques to solve core educational problems. CEMO also contributes to the development of measurement competence through teaching and outreach.
The positions are tied to strand 3 of CREATE, which aims to develop novel methods and statistical software that are tailor-made to the research questions and data of CREATE.
The successful candidate will conduct advanced methodological and psychometric research. Potential research areas include (a) instructional sensitivity and opportunity to learn in international large-scale assessments in education, (b) estimation and inference methods for weighted generalized structural equation models with mixed continuous and discrete data in longitudinal settings, and (c) advancing research synthesis and meta-analytic methods, for instance, to investigate digital inequalities in education using international large-scale assessment data.
For more information and how to apply: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/309569/postdoctoral-fellows-in-educational-measurement
Requirements
- Research Field: Educational sciences
- Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: CREATE - Centre for Research on Equality in Education
- Country: Norway
- City: Oslo
- Street: PO box 1072 Blindern
- Postal Code: NO-0316
