Research Assistant in Adolescent Digital Wellbeing

Research Assistant in Adolescent Digital Wellbeing

How does video gaming affect adolescents, and how can families foster healthy gaming habits? In this role, you will contribute to the cutting‑edge Kaleidoscope research project aimed at answering precisely that question. The project offers a fantastic opportunity to develop social science research skills, take ownership on parts of the project in the context of a small team, and directly engage with the beneficiaries of the research.

What you would be doing

The Kaleidoscope project is a year‑long longitudinal study of approximately 300 adolescents and families, collecting deep behavioural trace data across gaming platforms alongside ecological momentary assessment, qualitative measures, and randomised controlled trials of family‑facing wellbeing interventions. Working in close collaboration with the PI and a postdoctoral researcher, you will play a key role in participant recruitment, onboarding, and rete...