[Air-L] post-doc in financial technologies, cultures, and wellbeing

[Lana Swartz]

 Hello AOIR friends!

I am recruiting a post-doc to work with me on a project on young people's
(aged 18-25) financial cultures, literacies, technologies, and well-being
in the digital environment.

Please see call for post-doc below.

Deadline is rolling. Ignore the the "five references" bit for now. I am not
able to field substantive question, but I can answer clarifying ones.
Nevertheless, though may be better answered by the HR manager references in
the ad. I believe that remote work is not available as the fellow is
expected to actively participate in the program community.

Please apply and share with your networks!

Best,
Lana


https://virginia.phenompro.com/us/en/job/R0067193/Postdoctoral-Research-Associate-Thriving-Youth-in-a-Digital-Environment-TYDE-University-of-Virginia

The University of Virginia’s Grand Challenge on Digital Technology and
Healthy Youth Development is seeking highly qualified applicants for two
two-year Postdoctoral Research Associate positions.

We are inviting applicants for post-doctoral fellows who would support a
project related to the Grand Challenge’s focus on digital technology and
youth (ages 11-25) mental health. The Grand Challenge aims to foster a
collaborative, interdisciplinary community conducting cutting edge research
about both the impact of digital technology on healthy and unhealthy youth
development, and its potential to advance intervention and prevention
solutions. Projects aligned with this Grand Challenge advance understanding
of the role of digital technologies in healthy development, and the ways
that generation and dissemination of digital mental health programs can
help address the youth mental health crisis.

Post-doctoral fellows will have a primary position with one of the two
research teams listed below, with specific responsibilities as assigned by
the faculty mentor(s) on a Grand Challenge related project. Postdoctoral
fellows will also receive interdisciplinary mentoring and professional
development through the Grand Challenge and may have the opportunity to
collaborate on other Grand Challenge affiliated projects, as well as to
potentially develop their own projects.

A.) Dr. Brent Kitchens seeks a postdoctoral research associate to join a
team of experienced researchers investigating the impacts of misinformation
and other aspects of online information quality on mental health and other
outcomes for young adults. This research is focused on 1) defining aspects
of online information quality, 2) understanding their impacts on young
adults through experiments or other primary data collection interfaces, and
3) analyzing information consumption behaviors of young adults utilizing
propriety observational clickstream and search data from a large panel of
internet users. Outcomes of this research are intended to potentially
include academic publications and conference presentations, grant
proposals, science communication to lay audiences, proposed interventions,
and policy recommendations. As this research at the intersection of digital
technology, information media, and youth mental health is
transdisciplinary, the position is open to candidates with a Ph.D. (at time
of start) from a range of relevant research backgrounds and interests in
one or more of these areas. Quantitative skills (analytics and/or
statistics) would be valued, but we are also open to candidates with a more
qualitative research background. The position offers a unique opportunity
to bridge technical innovation with societal needs, shaping future policies
and interventions to support healthy youth development in the digital age.

B.) Dr. Lana Swartz seeks a postdoctoral research associate to join her
team, Exploring Youth Financial Well-being in the Digital Environment.
Young people face a challenging and rapidly changing environment of
financial tools, choices, and information. Consumer financial services apps
offer new opportunities but also predatory inclusion. Financial influencers
promise to help young people navigate this landscape but are also driven by
the attention economy. Generative AI promises to add to the complexity.
This research investigates young people’s (age 18–25) experience of their
financial lives and how that experience informs their financial attitudes
and practices. In this context, how should we think about the future of
financial literacy and financial wellbeing? This project seeks a
post-doctoral fellow to assist in conducting and managing this research
project. The ideal candidate will have qualitative research experience,
such as interviews, online ethnography, and analysis of socio-technical
systems; experience working with diverse populations of young people;
interest in digital financial youth cultures and research experience
digital life more broadly; a Ph.D. in communication, media studies,
information studies, sociology, anthropology, or adjacent fields.

In your application, please indicate which research team you would like to
be considered to work with and indicate your skills and experiences that
prepare you to work on their affiliated project.

Ideal candidates for this position must demonstrate:

    Research interests in issues of adolescent development and mental
health, impact of digital technology on adolescent health and well-being,
potential use of digital technology as a tool to promote adolescent mental
health.
    The ability to synthesize a research literature.
    The ability to knowledgably apply qualitative and/or quantitative
research methods.

The fellowship includes a 12-month salary ($60,000-$65,000 based on
experience) and benefits for up to 2 years. Postdoctoral fellows funded by
the Grand Challenge will be expected to participate in the Grand Challenge
community, including works-in-progress meetings, professional development
activities, and programming including trainings, conferences, and other
events.

Qualifications:

Education: Applicants have earned a Ph.D. by August, 2025. The discipline
of the Ph.D. is open but focus of the applicant’s scholarship should be
related to healthy youth development and digital technology.

Required Experience and skills:

    Conducting applied or translational research related to digital
technology and youth mental health
    Specific skills will differ based on needs of individual research
projects but may include: quantitative and/or qualitative data management,
quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis, grant writing, research team
management
    Specific experiences will differ based on needs of individual research
projects but may include experiences with: data collection via wearable
devices, design and use of digital apps aimed at youth, data collection in
schools or other youth-serving settings, lab-based data collection, digital
ethnography, implementation science, large scale secondary data sets

Preferred experience and skills:

    Experience with interdisciplinary, collaborative research.
    Experience supervising and mentoring research assistants.
    The ability to collaborate with and lead a team of undergraduate and
graduate researchers.

For more information on the benefits available to postdoctoral associates
at UVA, visit postdoc.virginia.edu and hr.virginia.edu/benefits.

To Apply:

Please apply through the UVA job board and search for R0067193. Internal
applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile by searching 'Find
Jobs.' Complete an application online with the following documents:

    CV

    Cover letter, please indicate your skills and experiences that prepare
you to work on the affiliated project.

Upload all materials into the resume submission field, multiple documents
can be submitted into this one field. Alternatively, merge all documents
into one PDF for submission. Applications that do not contain all the
required documents will not receive full consideration.

References will be completed via UVA’s standardized process SkillSurvey.
Five references will be requested via SkillSurvey during the final phase of
the interview process.

For questions about the application process, please contact Michele Jarman,
Academic Recruiter.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please
visit UVA Charlottesville and Beyond and Embark.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which
represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA
Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are
fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We
believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's
perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity and
affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability,
gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin,
political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation,
veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.