Organisation/Company Universidad Pontificia Comillas Department Vicerrectorado de Profesorado, Investigación e Inteligencia Artificial Research Field Sociology Societal behaviour Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 16 Oct 2026 - 00:00 (Africa/Abidjan) Country Spain Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 1 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Description: A full-time predoctoral researcher position is offered within COUNTERACT, a national study on Spanish adolescents’ responses to online hate, funded by Fundación “la Caixa”. The project works across six regions with adolescents, educators and law enforcement, combining participatory co-design with a large-scale national experiment and translating the findings into practical tools. The predoctoral researcher will be the main day-to-day researcher on the project and will work closely with the research team across all project phases. Desired start date: 1/12/2026

Requirements

- Degree: Master’s degree or equivalent in a social science discipline, such as sociology, psychology, political science, criminology, education, or a related field.
- Experience: Demonstrated strong quantitative research skills, including survey design, data collection and statistical analysis, with confident use of SPSS, R or Stata. Strong project coordination and organisational skills, well-developed written communication skills, and excellent interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build working relationships with colleagues and external partners. Demonstrated interest in social justice, inequalities, youth online safety and migration.
- Language: Native or C2-level Spanish and C1-level English or above.
- Desirable: Experience with experimental or intervention research and/or participatory or co-design methods.

Main responsibilities





- Support the design and delivery of the national experimental survey, including instrument development, piloting and fieldwork coordination across six regions.
- Support survey administration, manage the national dataset in line with FAIR principles, and conduct the quantitative analysis.
- Contribute to evidence mapping and support co-design labs and evidence-to-action workshops with adolescents, educators and police.
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities, including partner liaison, project meetings and activities, and ongoing documentation and reporting.
- Help draft the project’s practical tools for schools, youth and police, and co-author academic publications and conference presentations.
- Develop a doctoral thesis within the scope of the project.

Working conditions

- Full-time predoctoral employment contract for 4 years (covering the duration of the project grant, and an additional two years).
- Salary: Between 20.000 and 25.000€/year.
- At Comillas, we strive to create and maintain an environment that provides space and support equally to everyone. Therefore, if you have a disability certificate of 33% or higher, we encourage you to include it in your application.

Benefits

- Supervision by the PI and project team and integration into the IUEM research community.
- Training and practice in project design, advanced research methods and data analysis.
- Co-authorship on publications and policy documents.
- A collaborative team working with schools, NGOs and public institutions.
- Versátil Compensation Plan and social benefits.
- Training plan and professional development.
- Comillas Plus: exclusive Comillas portal with more than 200 commercial discounts.
- Access to internal services: discounts and special conditions (gym, bookstore, library, etc.)

Evaluation of merits

- Education - /30 points (academic record, other merits/training)
- Experience - /15 points (duration, institutions skills as per the Requirements section)
- Research and/or academic and scientific output - /25 points (presentation and/or dissemination, publications and collaborations)
- Final interview - /30 points

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📌 PREDOCTRAL RESEARCHER (PhD) - COUNTERACT (España)
🏢 Universidad Pontificia Comillas
📍 España