Graduate Assistant in Human Behavior with a Focus on Decision-Making Processes

Introduction

UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.

Presentation

The Department of Organizational Behavior at the Faculty for Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne provides a stimulating and highly interdisciplinary research environment. We value the diverse areas of expertise among department members, who variously hold Ph.D.s in psychology, management, business, economics, and population biology.  More broadly, the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Lausanne is one of the largest faculties on campus and consists of 10 integrated departments. We publish in top-tier journals in numerous disciplines, including Psychological Review, American Economic Review, Journal of Management, Journal of Applied Psychology, Academy of Management Journal, Organizational Research Methods, Nature Human Behaviour, PNAS, Science, Nature, and many others.  Department members come from several different countries, and the working language of the department is English.

Job information

Expected starting date:  September 1st, 2025, or a mutually acceptable alternative

Contract duration:          The initial contract is one year. The contract is twice renewable for two years, and thus maximum funding period is five years.

Place of work:                University of Lausanne, Faculty of Economics and Business, Lausanne/Dorigny

Type of position:            100%

Salary:                           According to legal stipulations here

Supervisor:                    Julian Marewski

Your responsibilities

• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to completion of doctoral studies in Management.


• 50% of the assistant’s time will be dedicated to providing teaching, administrative, and research support for the supervisor. 

Your qualifications

We are looking for someone with the following profile: 

• Master’s in psychology, human cognition, computational social science, organizational behavior, management or other behavioral science. Applications from candidates from other fields (e.g., history, sociology, physics, computer science, biology) are very much encouraged if the candidate has strong research interests in human behavior.


• Strong interests in the study of human behavior, with a focus on decision-making processes


• Curiosity to cross disciplinary boundaries


• Fluent in English


• Must be accepted to the doctoral program in Management within the first year of the contract and interested candidates must simultaneously apply to this PhD program.

Your application

Deadline: May 18th, 2025

Please submit the following documents through the  UNIL applications platform .

• Letter of motivation


• Brief explanation of thesis topics (2 pages maximum)


• Curriculum Vitae with references


• Copies of university diplomas and degrees; transcripts (indicating marks/grades achieved)


• MSc thesis or an example research project 

Only applications through this website will be considered. We thank you for your understanding.

What the position offers you

We offer an outstanding working environment in a multicultural, diverse, and dynamic academic setting, as well as numerous opportunities for further academic and professional training.

Contact for further information

• Inquiries about the position itself should be sent to Prof. Julian Marewski  E-Mail schreiben. Information about Julian Marewski is available at https://www.unil.ch/ob/en/home/menuinst/members.html


• Inquiries related to the application process for this position should be sent to Mrs Marina Salulessa (E-Mail schreiben)

Additional information

UNIL is committed to:
•    equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
•    ensuring an open and respectful environment that is conducive to personal development;
•    offering working conditions that facilitate work-life balance;
•    supporting early career researchers.

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Information about the Faculty of Business and Economics is available here: https://www.unil.ch/hec/en/home.html

Information on the Department of Organizational Behavior is available here: https://www.unil.ch/ob/en/home.html

Information on the doctoral program in Management is available here: https://www.unil.ch/hec-phd/en/home/menuinst/programs/phd-in-management.html  

Seeking to promote an equitable representation of men and women among its staff, the University encourages applications from women.