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Research Specialist in Psychological Treatment for ADHD
Research Specialist in Psychological Treatment for ADHD
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We are seeking a Research Specialist for the Department of Clinical Neuroscience and Viktor Kaldo’s research group at the Karolinska Institutet. The position involves completing two ongoing research projects on the psychological treatment of ADHD, covering the process from research data analysis to scientific publication. You will work in a research environment focused on psychological treatment and play a central role in driving the completion of research manuscripts and advancing them toward publication.
The position is a special fixed-term employment at 20 percent for six months.
Description of the subject area
The position is affiliated with research on psychological treatments for adults with ADHD, including internet-delivered psychological interventions. The work involves further analysis and processing of existing research data from two projects, as well as the completion and scientific publication of research manuscripts in collaboration with the projects’ co-authors.
Your mission
As a Research Specialist, you will play a central role in coordinating and driving the work forward. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Coordinating and organizing contributions from co-authors to facilitate the completion of research manuscripts.
- Conducting and finalizing analyses of existing research data.
- Processing, synthesizing, and interpreting research findings.
- Writing, revising, and completing scientific manuscripts.
- Coordinating revision processes and feedback from co-authors.
- Driving the manuscript development process forward, from data analysis and manuscript preparation through submission and publication in scientific journals.
- Contributing to scientific communication and documentation within the research projects.
The position involves close collaboration with members of the research projects and other co-authors.
Eligibility requirements
For employment as Research Specialist at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements stated in the Guidelines for non-teaching positions at Karolinska Institutet are applied in relation to the established profile of employment.
To be eligible for employment as a Research Specialist, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a Swedish doctoral degree, the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise as well as have documented postdoctoral research experience.
Additional eligibility requirements are licensure as a psychologist and fluency in Swedish, both spoken and written. You also need extensive knowledge of, and personal experience in, providing psychological treatment for adults with ADHD in individual and group formats, as well as through guided, internet-delivered CBT.
This expertise should be well documented and relevant to the research focus of the position.
Assessment criteria
The following qualifications are considered particularly meritorious:
- Experience conducting research on internet-delivered psychological interventions.
- Experience in quantitative research methodology and statistical analysis within psychological treatment research.
- Experience working independently with scientific manuscripts, from data analysis and interpretation of results through to finalization for publication.
- Experience with scientific publishing in psychology or a closely related field.
- Experience coordinating scientific work involving multiple co-authors and driving manuscript development toward publication.
- Very good written and oral communication skills in English.
After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.
What do we offer?
A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.
Location: Flemingsberg
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Application
We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents: PhD certificate, resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.
The application must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.
KI applies individual and differentiated salary setting in accordance with our collective agreements RALS and RALS-T.
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| Type of employment | Special fixed-term employment |
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| Contract type | Part-time |
| First day of employment | According to agreement |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 20% |
| City | Stockholm |
| County | Stockholms län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | STÖD 2-4263/2026 |
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| Published | 16.Oct.2026 |
| Last application date | 06.Nov.2026 |
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