Postdoctoral Fellow in Behavioral Economics Brandeis University invites applications for a two-year, non-renewable Florence Levy Kay Postdoctoral Fellowship for teaching and research at the intersection of Psychology and Economics, beginning Fall 2009. This interdisciplinary joint appointment will be in the Departments of Psychology and Economics with the possibility of linkages with programs such as Neuroscience. The Fellow, who will be appointed as a faculty member at the rank of lecturer, will teach one course per semester, covering topics such as decision-making, game theory, behavioral economics, neuroeconomics, and distributive justice. The Fellow will also actively pursue his or her own research interests with the support of an $8000 research fund. We are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in any of the following fields as applied to the interface of psychology and economics: (i) motivated choice, (ii) decision-making under uncertainty, (iii) valuation or utility; (iv) assessment of fairness;! (v) individual or cultural differences; (vi) learning and emotion. Potential topics for study include the attentional, cognitive, and physiological (including neuroendocrine, hemodynamic, and neurophysiological) correlates of judgment and decision-making processes, reward processing, social perception and behavior (including trust, cooperation, competition, and conformity). Opportunities are available for collaboration in research labs involving cross-cultural issues, lifespan development and aging, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, and neuroendocrine assessments, and eye-tracking. The Ph.D. must be in hand by September 2009. The salary for the first year is $53,732, plus university employee benefits and up to $1500 in moving expenses. Send letter of interest, CV, brief description of research, copies of relevant publications, teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation to Kay Fellowship Search Committee, Department of Psychology MS 062, Brandeis Universit! y, Waltham, MA 02454-9110. Brandeis University is an equal opportunit y employer, committed to building a culturally diverse intellectual community, and strongly encourages applications from women and minority candidates. First consideration will be given to candidates whose complete applications are received by January 15, 2009, but we will accept applications until the position is filled.
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