Wednesday, February 22, 2012

JOBS: Pre-doc/Post-doc/Scientist positions at Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

Hello all, 

Ralph Hertwig's group is moving to Berlin this autumn and they have openings for research scientists, pre-docs, and post-docs. The focus of this center is on decision science, but this group and the larger MPIB community is also quite focused on development and aging. It is a fantastic place to work and Berlin is a great city to live in!

Please pass this on to any relevant lists. Please email Rui Mata (cc'd) if you have specific questions.

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Research Scientist Positions, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

The new Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany, under the direction of Ralph Hertwig, seeks applicants for 2 Research Scientist Positions.

These are two-year positions (with the possibility of extension). Salary depends on experience. The positions are available from October 1, 2012, but later start dates are possible.

Candidates should be interested in studying the mechanisms underlying decision making. The Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences will take an interdisciplinary approach to cognitive science and decision making, and candidates may have training in psychology, philosophy, economics, sociology, biology, computer science, mathematics, and/or neuroscience. Candidates should be interested in using behavioral, computational, and/or neuroscience methods to study the cognitive, affective, social, and/or developmental basis of decision making.

Candidates must have a PhD. Apart from mentoring doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, there are no teaching requirements.

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
 
) offers an excellent infrastructure including support staff and equipment for conducting experiments (e.g., behavioral laboratory, fMRI, EEG, TMS). It provides an international research environment, with English being the working language of the Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences.

The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply. The Max-Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Applications (consisting of a cover letter describing your research interests, a curriculum vitae, up to five reprints, and two letters of recommendation) should be sent as a single PDF file, with your name as the file name, to Monika Oppong (oppong@mpib-berlin.mpg.de; Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin). Please submit applications by March 25, 2012, to ensure consideration. However, review of applications will continue until the positions are filled.

For further inquires about the positions, please contact Rui Mata (rui.mata@unibas.ch).


Postdoctoral and Predoctoral Fellowships, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin

The new Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, under the direction of Ralph Hertwig, seeks applicants for Postdoctoral Fellowships and Predoctoral Fellowships.

The positions are available from October 1, 2012, but later start dates are possible.

Candidates should be interested in studying the mechanisms underlying decision making. The Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences will take an interdisciplinary approach to cognitive science and decision making, and candidates may have training in psychology, philosophy, economics, sociology, biology, computer science, mathematics, and/or neuroscience. Candidates should be interested in using behavioral, computational, and/or neuroscience methods to study the cognitive, affective, social, and/or developmental basis of decision making.

The Max Planck Institute for Human Development (www.mpib-berlin.mpg.de
 
) offers an excellent infrastructure including support staff and equipment for conducting experiments (e.g., behavioral laboratory, fMRI, EEG, TMS). It provides an international research environment, with English being the working language of the Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences.

The Max Planck Society is committed to employing more handicapped individuals and especially encourages them to apply.

The Max-Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those areas where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

The Postdoctoral Fellowships are for two years (plus two six-month extensions). Applications (consisting of a cover letter describing your research interests, a curriculum vitae, up to five reprints, and two letters of recommendation) should be sent as a single PDF file, with your name as the file name, to Monika Oppong (oppong@mpib-berlin.mpg.de; Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin).

The Predoctoral Fellowships positions are for three years (plus two six-month extensions). Applications (consisting of a cover letter describing your research interests, a curriculum vitae including course grades, reprints or a two-page summary of your master thesis, and one letter of recommendation) should be sent as a single PDF file, with your name as the file name, to Monika Oppong (oppong@mpib-berlin.mpg.de; Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin).

Applications for both positions must be submitted by March 25, 2012, to ensure consideration. However, review of applications will continue until all available positions are filled.

For further inquires about the positions, please contact Rui Mata (rui.mata@unibas.ch).