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Fellowships: Mind, Brain, Cognitive Evolution, Philosophy, Neuroscience
The Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution
announces fellowships
2016/17
Call for fellowships 2016/2017 - Deadline for applications: March 31st, 2016
The Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution is a platform at the Ruhr-University Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research projects and support special master-programs at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience. We are pleased to announce an international call for fellowships for the academic year May 2016 until June 2017 aimed at outstanding researchers. We are flexible concerning the exact visiting period. People who did receive a fellowship do not qualify for further application.
1) Senior fellowship in philosophy and psychiatry (for one month):
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and they must have an outstanding publication record in the area of philosophy or psychiatry, with a strong interdisciplinary connection to the respective counterpart. The applicants are expected to work at least on the level of an associate professor. The research could be related to the research area of social cognition, especially with the projects. Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. Please send your application as well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Martin Brüne (martin.bruene@rub.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen@rub.de).
2) Fellowship (senior or junior) in animal mind research (for one month):
Applicants are expected to work at the least of the level of an associate professor and should be able to connect with the animal studied in the lab of Prof. Onur Güntürkün. They must have an outstanding publication record based on animal studies. We expect strong interdisciplinary interests and the publications should also contribute to the theoretical understanding of animal minds. Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. Please send your application as well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün (onur.güntürkün@rub.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen@rub.de).
3) Junior-fellowship in philosophy and developmental aspects of concepts, perception or social cognition (for two or three months):
Applicant must have been awarded a doctoral degree and they must have an outstanding publication record in the area of philosophy, with a strong interdisciplinary connection to developmental psychology or neuroscience. The applicants for the junior fellowship are expected to work at least on the level of an advanced postdoc. A research proposal of the candidate should be related to the research project “Concepts and Perceptions of Objects or Persons” or to the research project “Understanding Oneself and Understanding Others”. Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. For further information and application please contact Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht (tobias.schlicht@rub.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen@rub.de).
4) Junior-Fellowship on memory decoding (one month or two months):
The applicant must be an experienced Postdoc or Assistant Professor and have an outstanding publication record either on multivariate analyses of fMRI data, preferentially using forward encoding models, or on single-unit recordings in humans. A research proposal of the candidate should be related to the identification and tracking of stimulus-specific memory traces. Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. For further information and application please contact Prof. Dr. Nikolai Axmacher (nikolai.axmacher@rub.de).
5) Senior fellowship in technology enhanced learning or AIED (for one month):
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and they must have an outstanding publication record in the area of technology enhanced learning or Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED), with a strong interdisciplinary connection to the respective counterpart. The applicants are expected to work at least on the level of an associate professor. Ideally the research connects with other research areas of Prof. Rummel (see homepage: http://ife.rub.de/en/pp/research). Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. Please send your application as well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel (nikol.rummel@rub.de).
6) Senior fellowship in philosophy with a focus in "Self", "Agency" or "Social Cognition" (for one month at University of Bochum or University of Memphis):
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and they must have an outstanding publication record in the area of philosophy, with a strong interdisciplinary background in one dimension of cognitive science. The applicants are expected to work at least on the level of an associate professor. The research should be related to the research area of self, agency or social cognition. The fellowship is connected with the Anneliese-Meier-Research-Award received by Prof. Gallagher, Memphis and hosted by Prof. Newen, Bochum. The fellowship is supposed to be realized in collaboration with the ongoing research in this project. Applications are due by March 31st, 2016. Please send your application as well as requests for further information to Prof. Shaun Gallagher (s.gallagher@memphis.edu) and Prof. Albert Newen (albert.newen@rub.de).
All fellows are invited to deliver a fellow lecture and will participate in an interdisciplinary research program and are asked to offer a presentation for master students of the program “Cognitive Science”.
Applications should include:
1. A (brief) letter of application including personal information academic background, and research interests (please indicate the number of and the title of the fellowship you apply for).
2. A brief proposal for a research project (1-2 pages) if the fellowship is planned for at least two months.
3. CV including a list of publications, talks, conferences attended and teaching experience.
4. One representative article as PDF document.
5. Only for applicants for a junior fellowship: one letter of recommendation addressing the applicants’ qualification for a research project. This should be sent from the referees directly or through a letter service.
All documents of the candidate should be sent electronically. We regret that we will not be able to return any submitted material.
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Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
Institut für Philosophie II
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel.: (0049) 234-32 22139
Fax: (0049) 234-32 14963
http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/staff/newen/