Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): Early Stage Researcher – 10 positions - PARTICIPATE Project: Parents and Technology in Cyberbullying: Intervention and Prevention for Future Experts 

PARTICIPATE Project: Parents and Technology in Cyberbullying: Intervention and Prevention for Future Experts 

Offer Description

Applications are invited for 10 PhDpositions (Doctoral Candidates) on the Doctoral Network “PARTICIPATE” Project, to be funded by the Horizon Europe Programme of the European Commission - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action (MSCA).

Organisation/Company:  Six partner institutions within the PARTICIPATE Project Consortium

PARTICIPATE: Parents and Technology in Cyberbullying: Intervention and Prevention for Future Experts   https://msca-participate.eu/

Research fields: Education and educational sociology; Educational sciences; Digital youth studies, Sex/gender studies; Social psychology, psychology, sociology, social sciences; cultural studies, critical race studies

Researcher profile: Doctoral candidate

Country: Specific to individual position - Denmark, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway.

Application deadline:  15 March 2023* except if stated differently in individual job offering

Successful Doctoral candidates are expected to begin their PhD programme in August/September 2023

Type of contract:  Temporary

Job status:  Full-time                                                                                                                                     

Funded through:  H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)

Grant Agreement No:  101073332

Background

Cyberbullying is a significant social, health and behavioural concern throughout the EU and worldwide, yet crucial areas in its prevention and intervention have largely been sidelined namely the key role of parents, as well as the role of gender, disability, ethnicity and sexuality. PARTICIPATE will address this research and action gap, by delivering a world-class multi-sectoral, multi-disciplinary doctoral training program incorporating plans for substantial networking and exchange of information, expertise and action potential regarding the nature and extent of cyberbullying across Europe. By focusing on parents, as well as on gender, disability, ethnicity and sexuality, the project aims to empower both parents and young people, creating a safer space online for our youth, while placing Europe firmly at the forefront of cyberbullying research and practice.

Network

This DN brings together many of the foremost world leaders and cutting-edge researchers in the areas of cyberbullying prevention, and is grounded in scientific excellence provided by academic partners across Europe (N=6) with extensive previous experience of collaborating together. This partnership, in conjunction with a strong and diverse range of non-academic partners, including NGOs, youth foundations and internet safety organisations (N=8), will provide a robust multi-disciplinary and inter-sectoral approach to finding solutions to cyberbullying. The objectives will be achieved through a unique combination of individual and collaborative research work, non-academic secondments and workshops on scientific and applied skills facilitated by the academic/non-academic composition of the consortium.

The 10 Doctoral candidate positions will be hosted by the following academic partners:

Dublin City University, Ireland (3 positions), University of Stavanger, Norway (3 positions), Aarhus University, Denmark (1 position), University of Turku, Finland (1 position), National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (1 position), International Parents Alliance, Netherlands in collaboration with University of Stavanger (1 position).

Essential Requirements 

Candidates must have obtained a degree which formally entitles them to embark on a doctorate, either in the country in which the degree was obtained or in the country in which the researcher is recruited.

Candidates cannot have been awarded a doctoral degree and/or completed more than four years of full-time equivalent research experience.

Candidates must not have resided or carried out their main activity (e.g. work, studies) in the hosting country for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately before the recruitment date – unless as part of a compulsory national service or a procedure for obtaining refugee status under the Geneva Convention.  This excludes short stays such as holidays.

The successful candidates will be required to work in a team and to work cross-culturally at an international level. They must be prepared to travel to conferences and network training events, and to take part in an academic and non-academic secondment abroad. Ability to work with a range of stakeholders including NGOs, social media companies, policy makers, parents and young people, and academics is essential.

All Doctoral candidates are required to undertake two secondments abroad, one academic and one non-academic, of between two and six months duration.

For detailed information on each position, please refer to individual advertisement announcements link contained in each position below, or contact the partners directly at the email address given.

Doctoral candidate positions

Doctoral candidate position No.1:  hosted by Dublin City University, IRELAND

Project title: Parents’ experiences of young people’s involvement in online gendered and sexual harassment (in particular in relation to ‘radicalisation’ into extreme online groups and ideas).

Project Ref: DCUPART01DG

Research Fields: Sociology and Internet Technology

Objectives: This study addresses the involvement of parents of both victims and perpetrators of online sexist and sexual bullying. Of particular interest is the role played by online anti-woman movements in providing a ‘rationale’, discourse and set of tactics to many young people who engage in this type of abuse. The study will ask how parents became aware of their children’s involvement, how schools or other organisations (e.g social media platforms) intervened, and what supports were available to them and their children.

Secondments: The host institution will be Dublin City University, Ireland. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Dell Technologies, Ireland, at month 12 for 3 months and (2) Aarhus University, Denmark, at month 26, for 4 months.

Further enquires

Enquiries in relation to this project should be directed to: Dr. Debbie Ging, School of Communications, Dublin City University. Phone + 353 (0)1 700 7729 Email: Debbie.ging@dcu.iePlease do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below.

Application procedure:

Full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed atthe DCU Current Vacancies website https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies-current-vacancies-external-applicants

Applications should be submitted by e-mail with your completed application form to PARTMSCA2023@dcu.ie

Please clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application and email subject line: PARTICIPATE MSCA: Early Stage Researcher, Project Ref

Doctoral candidate position No.2:  hosted by Dublin City University, IRELAND

Project title: Apps for Good: Using cybersafety apps to support parental mediation in cyberbullying.  Project Ref: DCUPART02JOHN

Research fields: social psychology, psychology, sociology, social sciences

Objectives: Cyber bullying, hate, and harassment online against school aged children (10-17 years) are now major concerns for parents in Ireland and across Europe. Despite the recent introduction of lower ages of digital consent in the EU, the scale of use of social media and apps on smartphones by children and adolescents has increased exponentially in recent years. Furthermore, the recent impact of the global pandemic has seen the number of children and adolescents spending more time online increase beyond anything that could have been anticipated. Any child can be a target of online bullying, hate, or harassment but we know from research that some children and young people are more likely to be engaged in it than others.

Females and those with poor friendships offline were more likely to be targeted online (DCU, 2019). There is currently no global solution to the problem of cyberbullying, hate, and harassment against children and adolescents, so the objective of this study is to explore the role that technology can play in supporting parental mediation of online spaces, particularly for females and others who experience themselves to be more vulnerable to cyberbullying online.

Secondments: The host institution will be Dublin City University, Ireland. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, at month 12, for 4 months and (2) Dell Technologies, Ireland at month 26 for 2 months.

Further enquires

Enquiries in relation to this position should be directed to: Prof. James O’Higgins Norman, DCU Anti-Bullying Centre, Dublin City University. Phone + 353 (0)1 700 9140 Email: James.OHigginsNorman@dcu.ie. 

Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below

Application procedure:

Full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed atthe DCU Current Vacancies website https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies-current-vacancies-external-applicants

Applications should be submitted by e-mail with your completed application form to PARTMSCA2023@dcu.ie

Please clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application and email subject line: PARTICIPATE MSCA: Early Stage Researcher, Project Ref

Doctoral candidate position No.3:  hosted by Dublin City University, IRELAND

Project title: Enhancing Family-School Partnerships to Prevent On/Offline Forms of Bullying.

Project Ref: DCUPART03AB

Research fields: Education and educational sociology

Objectives:  The primary objective of this project is to enhance family-school partnerships in order to reduce and prevent online and associated offline forms of bullying. Recent research suggests that offline and online bullying frequently coexist, such that more traditional forms of bullying spill over, or are transferred from, the school space to the online environment (Rodríguez-Álvarez et. al, 2021). The primary question posed by this research is: What enabling conditions (e.g., policies; practices; knowledge; skills etc.) are necessary for schools and families to work effectively together to reduce and prevent off/online bullying?

Secondments: The host institution will be Dublin City University, Ireland. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Stichting International Parents Alliance, Netherlands, at month 12 for 3 months and (2). University of Stavanger, Norway, at month 24, for 4 months.

Further enquires

Enquiries in relation to this position should be directed to: Dr. Audrey Bryan, School of Human Development, Dublin City University. Phone + 353 (0)1 700 9265 Email: Audrey.bryan@dcu.ie  

Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below

Application procedure:

Full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed atthe DCU Current Vacancies website https://www.dcu.ie/hr/vacancies-current-vacancies-external-applicants

Applications should be submitted by e-mail with your completed application form to PARTMSCA2023@dcu.ie

Please clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application and email subject line: PARTICIPATE MSCA: Early Stage Researcher, Project Ref

Doctoral candidate position No.4:  hosted by University of Turku, FINLAND.

Project title:  Gender, Diversity and Parental involvement in cyberbullying interventions

Research fields:  psychological science, education

Objectives: Many parent training and information programmes on bullying and cyberbullying are routed through schools and parent associations. However, participation rates of males in regards to direct dealings with schools, as well as in parent associations, are low. The aim of this study is to examine (1) the knowledge and attitudes of mothers vs fathers regarding (cyber)bullying and the weight of importance each gives to the problem; (2) differences in mothers’ and fathers’ interaction with their children in regards to (cyber)bullying; (3) the role diversity plays in parents’ interactions with their children and with the schools in relation to (cyber)bullying. Quantitative survey data will be utilized and analysed so as to inform practical approaches to working with parents of both genders, and provide recommendations for schools.

Secondments: The host institution will be University of Turku, Finland. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC), Ireland, at month 12 for 3 months and (2) University of Stavanger, Norway, at month 26, for 3 months.

Further information:

Enquiries may be made in regards to this ESR post – contact Christina Salmivalli, christina.salmivallia@utu.fi.  Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below.

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

Applications must be submitted by 15^th March, 2023(23:59 Finnish time) using the electronic application form of the University of Turku on the following address: https://rekry.saima.fi/certiahome/open_job_view.html?id=000014445&did=5600&lang=en&jc=14&nav_from_open_jobs_view_new=true.

The link to the application system is at the beginning of this announcement (Apply for the job).  Full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed there.

Doctoral candidate position No.5:  hosted by University of Stavanger, NORWAY.

Research field:  Social sciences

Project Title: Cyberbullying involving ethnic minority pupils and the role of parents for prevention and intervention.

Objectives: This project will address ethnicity (identity)-based cyberbullying behaviours and the role of parents in solving the cases, aimed to answer three research questions: (1) What mechanisms come into play in ethnic minority cyberbullying? (2) What characterise approaches contributing to the solution of ethnicity-based cyber bullying? (3) What is parent’s interpretation of ethnicity-based cyberbullying and their role in solving cases? Methodology will include questionnaires and interviews of pupils with both majority and minority backgrounds and their parents and teachers.

Secondments: The host institution will be University of Stavanger, Norway. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) University of Turku, at month 12 for 4 months and (2) Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, at month 18 for 2 months.

Contact information

Professional enquiries in relation to this project can be obtained from Professor Hildegunn Fandrem e-mail: hildegunn.fandrem@uis.no or Professor Simona Caravita e-mail: simona.c.caravita@uis.no. Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR-advisor Camelia Danaei, e-mail: camelia.danaei@uis.no.  Application Procedure:

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

To apply for this position please follow the linkhttps://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/234469/phd-fellowship-in-cyberbullying. Your application letter, relevant education and work experience as well as language skills must be registered here. In your application letter, you must state your research interests and motivation for the position. Please also clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application.

Doctoral candidate position No.6:  hosted by University of Stavanger, NORWAY.

Project Title: Developing knowledge about consequences of cyberbullying experiences and schools’ action, also involving parents.

Research field:  Social sciences

Objectives The focus will be on cyberbullying consequences and preventing cyberbullying, with three main objectives: (1) improve school owners’ capacity in following up after cyberbullying, (2) support schools in identifying and resolving cyberbullying cases, and rebuilding a good and safe learning environment, (3) use the whole school community approach to develop the school support system including parents. Methodology: questionnaires with different informants (school staff, parents, pupils, and community experts) and a pilot regarding actions.

Secondments: The host institution will be University of Stavanger, Norway. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Youthworks, UK, month 16 for 3 months, and (2) University of Turku, month 26 for 4 months.

Contact information

Professional enquiries in relation to this project can be obtained from Professor Simona Caravita e-mail: simona.c.caravita@uis.no or Professor Hildegunn Fandrem e-mail: hildegunn.fandrem@uis.no. Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR-advisor Camelia Danaei, e-mail: camelia.danaei@uis.no.  Application Procedure:

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

To apply for this position please follow the link https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/234469/phd-fellowship-in-cyberbullying.  Your application letter, relevant education and work experience as well as language skills must be registered here. In your application letter, you must state your research interests and motivation for the position. Please also clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application.

Doctoral candidate position No.7:  hosted by University of Stavanger, NORWAY.

Project Title:  Cross national comparisons of cyberbullying research on pupils and parents.

Research field:  Social sciences

Objectives: To examine the measurement issues in making cross-national comparisons of cyberbullying rates, including possible explanations for the limited agreement between four large-scale surveys. Methodology: analysis of quantitative data from four sources of large-scale survey data on victim rates, cross-nationally, that is EU Kids Online, Global School Health Survey (GSHS), Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), and Health Behaviour of School-aged Children (HBSC).

Secondments: The host institution will be University of Stavanger, Norway. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Foroige, Ireland at month 12 for 2 months and (2) Goldsmiths, UK, at month 26 for 4 months.

Contact information

Professional enquiries in relation to this project can be obtained from Professor Hildegunn Fandrem e-mail: hildegunn.fandrem@uis.no or Professor Simona Caravita e-mail: simona.c.caravita@uis.no. Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR-advisor Camelia Danaei, e-mail: camelia.danaei@uis.no.  Application Procedure:

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

To apply for this position please follow the link https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/234469/phd-fellowship-in-cyberbullying.  Your application letter, relevant education and work experience as well as language skills must be registered here. In your application letter, you must state your research interests and motivation for the position. Please also clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application.

Doctoral candidate position No.8:  hosted by Stichting International Parents Alliance, NETHERLANDS, in collaboration with the University of Stavanger (UiS), NORWAY.

Project title:  The impact of adult bullying on children becoming cyberbullies

Research fields:  Educational sciences

Objectives: To create a more robust research base that links being bullied by people of authority and love in a child’s life; To map successful approaches to detecting bullying by teachers and family members, and successful mitigation/prevention activities by parents; To explore the reasons for becoming bullies better.

Secondments*: The host institution will be Stichting International Parents Alliance, Netherlands, in collaboration with the University of Stavanger (UiS), Norway. The project includes two planned secondments at (1) University of Stavanger, Norway, at month 12 for 9 months and (2) Youthworks, UK, at month 26 for 3 months. *To be confirmed for this project.

Application Procedure

Full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and other information can be accessed here:

https://parentsinternational.org/?p=84345

Application form is available here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vxVajSDTQoEqV86GJC1L6dCcNqeggHVo/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104627161651054648583&rtpof=true&sd=true

Completed Applications should be submitted by e-mail to info@parentsinternational.org   

Please clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application and email subject line: PARTICIPATE MSCA: Early Stage Researcher application

Doctoral candidate position No.9:  hosted by National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), GREECE.

Project title:  Growing up as an African or mixed-race in Greece: young Black people’s experiences of bullying.

Research fields:  cultural studies, media studies, critical race studies

Objectives: The ESR will be working closely with young teenagers and young adults of African descent in Athens to explore whether they have experienced bullying, online and offline, as a result of their skin colour, and -taking an intersectional approach- also in conjunction with their gender, sexuality, and /or religion, either from Greeks or within the African community itself. They will liaise with SCI Hellas, the Greek branch of Service Civil Intnl and a key actor working with refugees, migrants and asylum seekers from African countries in Greece. The ESR will gain access to a community difficult to infiltrate and highly cautious towards the host country. They will also be able to have access to parents of African descent and talk about how the latter make sense of their offspring’s experiences of bullying either on account of their race, gender, sexuality and/or religion while in Greece. The ESR will conduct qualitative in-depth interviews (and group discussions where appropriate) with young teenagers and young adults (reminiscent of their teenage years) as well as with their parents; will engage with social media analysis and/or online stories.

Secondments: The host institution will be National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), GREECE.  The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Dublin City University, Ireland, Month 12, for 4 months and (2) Foróige, Ireland, at month 26 for 3 months.

Professional enquiries in relation to this project should be directed to: Professor Liza Tsaliki, Dept. Of Communication and Media studies, School of Economics and Political Science, NKUA.

Email: etsaliki@media.uoa.gr

Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below.

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

This Doctoral candidate position will be advertised through the NKUA website: https://www.certh.gr/04D3A85F.el.aspx, the Dept of Communication and Media studies: https://www.media.uoa.gr/; and https://hub.uoa.gr/en/category/announcements/ and elke.uoa.gr

To apply for this position: Please send your application letter, stating your research interests and motivation for the position, and your CV, including relevant education (above-average 1st degree in media and/or cultural studies; or race studies; or sociology; and a Master’s degree or equivalent in one of the previous disciplines); work experience (if any); and language skills (very good written and spoken English language skills) to secr@media.uoa.gr.

Please clearly state the role that you are applying for in your application and email subject line: PARTICIPATE MSCA: Early Stage Researcher application - NKUA Reference number: K.E. 18865

Deadline for applications: 15 March 2023

Doctoral candidate position No. 10:  hosted by Aarhus University, DENMARK.

Project title:  Young people and parents negotiating and policing gender through online bullying

Research fields:  Digital youth studies, Sex/gender studies, educational and social psychology

Objectives: The project investigates how the encounter among different and often conflicting gender normativities infiltrate, produce and challenge bullying behavior online. Research aims are: 1. To analyse the impact of and map the varying gender discourses materializing in bullying on the platforms young people use. 2. To study the technological affordances assisting the circulation of normativities in bullying 3. To study parental access to and potential interaction with these processes. 4. To investigate the entanglement of negotiating, policing and bullying with a particular focus on young people’s and parents’ potential agency.

Secondments: The host institution will be Aarhus University, Denmark.  The project includes two planned secondments at (1) Webwise, Ireland, at month 12 for 2 months and (2) Dublin City University, Ireland, month 26 for 4 months.

Application Procedure with full advertisement including salary, eligibility criteria and application form can be accessed as follows:

If you require professional guidance regarding your application for the PhD fellowship, please contact the PhD program director at Learning and Education:  http://phd.arts.au.dk/about-us/contact/

For further information about the position, please contact Professor Dorte Marie Søndergaard, School of Educational Psychology, Aarhus University. Phone +45 26213093 Email: dms@edu.au.dk

Please do not send applications to this email address, instead apply as described below.

Applications for the PhD fellowship and enrolment in the PhD degree program can only be submitted via Aarhus University’s web-based facility.

The application must be written in English and applicants must be able to document English language qualifications comparable to a minimum of TOEFL 83 or IELTS 6,5.

Please see this page for further information: http://phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/english-test/

Guidelines for the application facility: http://phd.arts.au.dk/applicants/how-to-apply/

Deadline for application: 15 March 2023
Reference number: 2023-3

During the assessments, Aarhus University will conduct interviews with selected applicants