Karolinska Institutet, Institutionen för Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) works within some of the key areas important to fulfilling the motto of Karolinska Institutet ´to improve human health´. We focus on research, development and education in the following areas: medical and healthcare education, informatics, management, ethics, and suicide prevention. LIME has about 150 employees and is located in new premises in Solna Campus. ki.se/lime

Division

The National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP) is located at the Karolinska Institutet Solna Campus. Since 1993 NASP has been Stockholm County Council’s advisor on suicide research and prevention against mental ill health. Additionally NASP is a WHO collaboration centre that works together with the European WHO offices in Copenhagen and Geneva on outlining suicide prevention strategies globally.

Project, POTION

This opening is for an administrative project assistant position working with the project “Promoting social interaction through emotional body odours” (POTION). POTION has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. POTION proposes a novel technological paradigm to delve deeper into understanding meaningful social interaction, combining new knowledge about the chemical composition of human social chemosignals together with a novel olfactory-based technology designed to drive social behaviour. A first challenging analysis on human chemosignals to delineate the chemical underpinnings of the emotions of happiness and fear will be carried out since they are the representative emotions that drive approach and avoidance behaviour, i.e., the fundamental building blocks of social interaction between individuals of the same species. Results of this analysis will be used to artificially synthetize the chemosignals of these two emotions, which will provide the basis of an innovative computer-controlled odour delivery system able to drive the approach-avoidance social strategy. The POTION system will be applied and tested in both social and clinical scenarios with the goal to help establish healthy social relationships through trust, leading to an overall improvement in wellbeing.


Duties

The tasks of the administrative project assistant include writing reports on the progress of the on-going POTION project to the research Consortium, maintaining good communication with partners, assisting in project management and other administrative tasks.

Entry requirements

The ideal candidate has a MA in Experimental Psychology or related field. Previous experience in assisting in the project management of research projects will be considered an asset. Experience and competence in the field of suicide prevention will be highly valued. Competence in statistics and data management is also an important skill that will be considered.

The applicant will be part of a dynamic international research team and should be driven, self-motivated, take initiative, have good communication and problem solving skills and have excellent organisational skills. The applicant must be able to work as part of an inter-disciplinary team and be able to work according to the deadlines of the International Consortium. The applicant must be fluent in English and have advanced writing skills in English. The applicant should be familiar with using Microsoft Office applications, Excel, Powerpoint and Word.

Application process
The application is to be submitted in Varbi recruitment system.

At Karolinska Institutet a 6-month trial period is required for all permanent appointments.

Type of employment Temporary position
Contract type Full-time/Part-time
First day of employment According to agreement
Salary Monthly salary
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 50 eller 100 %, omfattningen på anställningen beslutas i överenskommelse med kandidaten
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number 2-1753/2019
Contact
  • Danuta Wasserman, Professor, danuta.wasserman@ki.se
  • Vladimir Carli, Senior lecturer, vladimir.carli@ki.se
Union representative
  • Biborka Bereczky Veress, SACO, 46 70-173 85 75
  • Henry Wölling, SEKO, 08-524 840 80
  • Magnus Anå, OFR, 08-524 864 37, magnus.ana@ki.se
Published 15.Mar.2019
Last application date 14.Apr.2019 11:59 PM CEST

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