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Carnegie Mellon University seeks highly qualified applicants for a tenure-track position shared by the Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience Institute and the Department of Psychology. Appointments will be considered at ranks from assistant to associate professor (including tenured associate). Our programs place high value on programmatic, theory-driven research that advances understanding of how intelligence is realized by the complex biology and processing of the human brain. We are particularly interested in applicants whose theoretical approaches and methodologies can link to Carnegie Mellon University’s core strengths in biological sciences, cognitive science, computation, data science and engineering, and whose research can capitalize on Carnegie Mellon's state-of-the-art MRI capabilities to understand healthy brains and mental or neurological disorders.  To apply: https://apply.interfolio.com/105767 Applicants to this position may also wish to apply to a broader...

The Reed College Psychology Department seeks applicants for a tenure-track position in Learning or Comparative Psychology to begin August 2023. The selected individual will teach four courses (two each semester), including a core course with lab, a team-taught introductory psychology course with lab, and two seminars in their area of expertise. In addition, the person will supervise year-long senior thesis projects and work closely with staff overseeing an animal research colony. Qualifications include a Ph.D. (by August 2023) and research that focuses on non-human animal models to study behavior. Reed College is a community that values cultural diversity and inclusive educational practices as essential to the excellence of our academic program. An Equal Opportunity Employer, Reed values diversity and encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups. Applications should include a CV, statements of research and teaching interests, three letters of...

The Department of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences (CLPS) at Brown University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor position beginning July 1, 2023. The department plans to hire several new faculty members over the next few years. This search will consider candidates in any area of Behavioral Neuroscience (including Comparative Psychology) and/or Developmental Psychology. We encourage applications from candidates who study the mechanisms of social, cognitive, perceptual, and/or affective processes using empirical, cross-species, and/or computational approaches. In addition to building an externally funded, nationally recognized research program, a successful candidate will provide effective instruction and advising to a diverse group of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as be willing to interact with colleagues from a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds. The CLPS department is committed to...

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...

The University Center for Human Values at Princeton University invites applications for Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Faculty Fellowships for the academic year 2023-24. Fellows devote an academic year in residence at Princeton to research and writing about topics involving human values in public and private life. This full-time visiting program is open to scholars in all disciplines across the humanities and social sciences. For 2023-24, the Center’s designated research theme is Reckoning with Race. We welcome research that analyzes the category of race in both local and global contexts and in different periods of history, as well as research that investigates intersections of race, ethnicity, and indigeneity. Applications on other areas of research are also welcomed; we anticipate that roughly half of the fellowships awarded for 2023-24 will fall within the research theme. For applications relevant to the research theme, please state this explicitly and describe the...

The Princeton University Center for Human Values invites applications for the Harold T. Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellowship in Bioethics for a position starting in September 2023. The Shapiro Fellowship supports outstanding scholars studying ethical issues rising from developments in medicine, the biological sciences, or population health. We particularly encourage proposals focusing on problems of practical importance that have broader theoretical interest. The Shapiro Fellow will spend from one to three years at Princeton conducting research and teaching the equivalent of one course each year (subject to sufficient enrollments and approval by the Dean of the Faculty). They will participate in the Ira W. DeCamp Seminar in Bioethics and will be invited to participate in other activities of the University Center for Human Values including a year-long research seminar for visiting fellows and Center faculty.   Qualifications   Applications welcome from candidates who have or...