Research Internship PSY-Wait 20 - 30 %
Universität Bern
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:23 January 2026
- Workload:20 – 30%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join the Universitätsklinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, a leading research facility.
Tasks
- Conduct interviews with adolescents for a research project.
- Create authentic audio reports based on patient experiences.
- Develop a questionnaire for interviewing young patients.
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology required; interest in clinical research.
- Fluent in German and good English skills.
- Reliable, independent, and structured work ethic.
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University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Start of employment: from February 1, 2026 or by arrangement
Do you want to gain practical insight into the everyday life of scientists, get to know clinical disorders in childhood and adolescence, and actively contribute to the research of mental illnesses? Then you are exactly right with us!
Our research group at the University Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Bern is looking for a committed intern to collaborate on the PSY-Wait research project.
PSY-Wait is an innovative research project in which we develop and evaluate an app-based, transdiagnostic psychological intervention that offers adolescents aged 12–17 a low-threshold, digital support service during the waiting time for psychiatric treatment.
As part of the app development, we are looking for support in creating practical and authentic reports from patients about their experience using skills for emotion regulation and self-esteem enhancement. Specifically, this means: You conduct interviews with patients of our clinic and create short audio experience reports from them.
The internship is unpaid. There is the possibility to write a master's thesis based on empirical data.
What are your benefits?
The internship offers you direct contact with patients and first practical experience in conducting interviews, insights into clinical disorders in childhood and adolescence, as well as collaboration on an ongoing clinical research project.
Your tasks
- You are responsible for creating a questionnaire (guide) for interviews with adolescents
- You conduct interviews with patients of the clinic
- You produce experience reports in the form of short audio sequences for integration into the app
Your profile
- You have a completed bachelor's degree in psychology
- You have an interest in clinical research and mental disorders in adolescence
- You have very good German skills as well as good English skills
- You enjoy working with adolescents and in an interdisciplinary team
- You bring a reliable, structured, and independent working style
- You are committed, open, and responsible
What you can look forward to
Your contacts
PD Dr. phil. Marialuisa Cavelti, Head of Research answers your specialist questions: T: +41 58 630 85 64
If you have questions about the application process, please contact:
Yanis Emanuel Ryser, Recruiting Officer
Email: bewerbungen@upd.ch
T: +41 58 630 96 71
We look forward to receiving your complete online application (mandatory) via the button "Apply now". Applications sent by post will not be considered and will not be returned to applicants for administrative reasons. The documents will be destroyed by UPD AG in compliance with data protection after the process is completed.
