Research Assistant (Two Posts; RA1 and RA2)

Durham University - Psychology

Location: Durham

Salary: £31,236 to £33,002

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 19th March 2026

Closes: 12th April 2026

Job Ref: 26000314

The Role

Two fixed-term full time Research Assistant (RA) positions are available at the Department of Psychology.

The successful candidates will join the research project “Chasing Likes – Developing a Psychobiological Model of Adolescents’ Social Media Use and Overuse Based on Social Reward”. This large-scale project is led by Dr Niklas Ihssen and Prof Mary Hanley and funded by the Huo Family Foundation.

You will report to Dr. Niklas Ihssen as the Principal Investigator and Professor Mary Hanley as Co-Investigator of the project.

Funding for post one (RA1) is available from 1st August 2026 for a fixed period of 40 months (until November 2029). Funding for post two (RA2) is available from 1st June 2026 for a fixed period of 28 months (until September 2028).

The post-holders are employed to work on research/a research project which will be led by another colleague. Whilst this means that the post-holder will not be carrying out independent research in their own rights, the expectation is that they will contribute to the advancement of the project, through the development of their own research ideas/adaptation and development of research protocols.

Successful applicants should be in post by 1st August 2026 (RA1) or 1st June 2026 (RA2), respectively.