See below for a PhD opportunity funded by ESRC UBEL Doctoral and Training Pathway Scheme and Procter & Gamble, based mainly at www.uelbabydev.com in London with regular visits to P&G labs in Germany.
A positive parent-child relationship is influenced by factors like parental stress and the early social environment. Early-life environments impact long-term child development. New wearable technologies (video, sensors, machine learning and AI enabled algorithms) offer the potential for dynamic, real-time data analysis of emotional and physical states. This project will be working in collaboration with Procter & Gamble to use these new techniques to develop tools to measure parent-child interactions. The PhD-student will select the right tools and design the study under supervision from Prof Wass and Dr Katus and in close collaboration with Dr Zydek. The student will be placed in the group of Prof Sam Wass, but will also interact with the Procter & Gamble research team and so gain insights into an industrial research environment.
More details and info on how to apply here: https://ubel-dtp.ac.uk/co-fundedandcollaborative/. Please contact Prof Sam Wass ([email protected]) or Dr Claudia Zydek ([email protected]) with questions.
Prof Sam Wass
Director, Institute for the Science of Early Years
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New book: Take Action on Distraction – The definitive guide to improving attention and focus in the Early Years and Key Stage One https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/take-action-on-distraction-9781801995580/