[CogSci] last call for Post-doctoral positions on LLM /NLP for Computational Social Science & Judgement across Culture

[Igor Grossmann]

Post-doctoral positions on LLM /NLP for Computational Social Science & Judgement across Culture

University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Start Date: Winter 2025 (flexible)
Duration: 1 year (with strong possibility of renewal)
Salary: $62,000 per annum (negotiable)

The newly established Wise Judgment Consortium<https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca> and the University of Waterloo invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow to join a research project on judgment and wisdom across cultures, supervised by Dr. Igor Grossmann and Sam Johnson and in collaboration with a multinational group of scholars from leading universities across the globe.

The Position
This interdisciplinary project integrates computational social science, psychology, linguistics, and cultural studies to explore cultural influences on decision-making. The successful candidate will work with Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques and psychometric tools to analyze how people from various cultural backgrounds approach complex life challenges. The aim is to build culturally grounded decision-making models that reflect the diversity of real-world scenarios.

Your Profile
We are looking for candidates who have:

  *   A PhD in psychology, computer science, linguistics, or a related computational discipline.
  *   Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP) and computational methods.
  *   A passion for interdisciplinary research and a keen interest in understanding cultural dimensions of decision-making.

Our Offer
The University of Waterloo offers a collaborative and international research environment with state-of-the-art resources and opportunities for professional growth, including publishing and presenting at international conferences.

  *   Hybrid work arrangement allowing a balance between remote and on-campus work.
  *   Opportunity to collaborate with scholars from institutions across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas (including Thomas Hills, Cendri Hutcherson, Falk Lieder).
  *   Engage with cutting-edge methodologies in NLP and cultural decision-making research.

Your Application
We welcome applications from diverse backgrounds and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. Applications should include:

  *   A cover letter describing your research interests
  *   Your CV
  *   A representative publication or preprint, if available

Please submit your application as a single PDF file to waclab at uwaterloo.ca (Subject line: Postdoctoral Fellow Position). Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2024, though the review process will continue on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

We encourage all applicants to include one of the following statements: "I am a Canadian citizen/permanent resident of Canada" OR, "I am not a Canadian citizen/permanent resident of Canada."


Igor Grossmann, Ph.D. | IgorGrossmann.com<https://www.igorgrossmann.com>
Professor of Psychology | University of Waterloo
Director, Wisdom and Culture Laboratory<https://uwaterloo.ca/wisdom-and-culture-lab/>

Founder, World After COVID<https://worldaftercovid.info/> | Futurescape<https://futurescape.uwaterloo.ca/> | Wise Judgment Consortium<https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca/>
Editor, Psychological Inquiry<https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hpli20>
Co-host, On Wisdom Podcast<http://onwisdompodcast.com/>
Member, College of the Royal Society of Canada<https://rsc-src.ca/en/fellows-members/college-members>

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