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The Department of Psychological Science at the University of California, Irvine invites applications for a full-time, tenured faculty position in psychology. The position will be at the rank of Associate to Full Professor and includes the expectation that the candidate will direct the UCI Institute for Interdisciplinary Salivary Bioscience Research (IISBR) ( http://iisbr.uci.edu/ ). IISBR is a research institute dedicated to advancing knowledge of biobehavioral processes for health and recovery from illness with a focus on the empirical, clinical, and applied potential of non-invasive biomarkers measured with high ecological validity. IISBR seeks to build and maintain collaborative scientific programs to evaluate and translate the value of biomarkers to improve individual and community health; provide specialized training, education, and consultation in the use and translation of salivary bioscience; and to enable access to laboratory services for the assessment of salivary and...

Applied Cognition at the University of Utah . The Department of Psychology at the University of Utah invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Applied Cognition at the assistant professor level. We welcome applications from any area of cognitive psychology (including but not limited to: memory, executive functioning, attention, perception, decision-making, and reasoning) with a strong theory-based research program. We especially welcome applicants who conduct research in both the laboratory and applied settings, and who can speak to the real-world impact of the processes they study. Applications from individuals with expertise in behavioral and/or neuroscience methods are welcome. Candidates should have an excellent and sustained record of research and evidence of the potential or demonstrated ability to generate extramural funding, commensurate with their career stage. The Department of Psychology also values interdisciplinary approaches to research and...

The Data Science for Dynamic Decision-making Center (d3c) in the Survey Research Center (SRC) at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) invites applications for an open rank (Assistant, Associate, and Full) Research Professor position.   SRC ( https://www.src.isr.umich.edu/ ) is a multi- and inter-disciplinary research organization devoted to the discovery of and insight into major issues within the social and behavioral sciences. SRC is an international leader in research involving the collection and analysis of randomized trials, sample surveys, and other administrative data. The d3c ( https://d3c.isr.umich.edu/ ) is a vibrant, interdisciplinary methodological research center that develops, implements and disseminates data collection and statistical methods to optimize adaptive interventions, including personalized digital interventions.  Faculty at d3c work across a wide range of behavioral intervention research areas, including...

As part of an international research project on developing effective interventions to counter false information in India, the Cambridge Social Decision-Making Lab in the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate, who will work on a project that enables information literacy and resilience to false information online. Specifically, the candidate will work on the development and testing of a series of instruments aimed at reducing susceptibility to and sharing of false information on social media in India. This research project is funded jointly by Google Jigsaw and the Alfred Landecker Foundation.   This position is available until 30th June 2023 in the first instance, but may be subject to renewal if additional funding is acquired. The post-holder will work with Prof Sander van der Linden and Dr Jon Roozenbeek on measuring the proliferation and influence of false information on platforms such as WhatsApp and Signal, and...