<div dir="ltr"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Postdoctoral Research Position in Crowd Cognition Lab in Munich, Germany</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Employment for (1+2) years: initially for 1 year and extended to 3 upon mutually satisfactory outcome of first year<br></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The expected starting date is <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">01 Dec, 2019</span> (but can be flexibly negotiated)   </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Application Deadline: 16 Sept 2019, </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">Interview week planned first week of October 2019. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The successful applicant will combine 2-person interactive behaviour, EEG, computational modelling of behaviour, and machine learning methods in analysis of EEG to understand and enhance collective decision making in humans.   This post is part of our 5-yr European Research Council (ERC) funded project focusing on <span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Overconfidence in Social Interactive Decision Making</span>. The project is hosted by the LMU Department of Psychology, and will start in September 2019. As part of the project, the applicant will join the interdisciplinary research group <a href="http://crowdcognition.net/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,204);text-decoration-line:none">Crowd Cognition</a> and willwork in close collaboration with Dr. Bahador Bahrami, as well as the lab’s network of international collaborators associated to the project (<a href="http://crowdcognition.net/people/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,204);text-decoration-line:none">see HERE</a>).</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">A graphical description of the project’s research question and main goals is </span><a href="http://crowdcognition.net/neuro-feedback-project/" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,204);text-decoration-line:none"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">available HERE</span></a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Job description: </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The appointee will be expected to </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• develop research ideas and plan and implement experiments (ethics, design, programming); </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• conduct experiments and collect data from adult human subjects; </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• perform statistical analysis (with particular focus on using computational modelling to interpret behavioural and neuroimaging data); </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• prepare reports and articles for publication; </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• attend regular meetings and contribute to the research environment; </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• supervise graduate students and research assistants</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">• work as part of a team. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font-weight:bolder">Requirements: </span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The successful candidate will have </p><ol style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><li style="box-sizing:border-box">PhD in system/cognitive neuroscience, physics, computer sciences, economics </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">a strong background in quantitative methods (machine learning, computational modelling of human behaviour) </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">interest in interdisciplinary projects combining humanities, biomedical sciences and math</li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Knowledge of experimental design, statistics and data analysis is expected. </li><li style="box-sizing:border-box">Strong command of linear algebra, probability theory and programming (eg R, Python, Matlab) is essential for this post. </li></ol><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The position is for 3 years, with an intermediate evaluation for satisfactory performance at the end of the first year. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">The appointment will be made within the German TV-L E 14 salary scheme (family benefits apply).  Mastery of the German language is not necessary for the position, and all scientific exchanges are conducted in English. </p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1rem;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;font-size:16px">If interested, please contact Bahador Bahrami (<a href="mailto:bbahrami@gmail.com" style="box-sizing:border-box;background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,204);text-decoration-line:none">bbahrami@gmail.com</a>) and send your CV, cover letter, and contact details of 3 referees. </p><h2 style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:0.5rem;font-size:30px;font-family:bb,bbFa,"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(237,237,237)"></h2></div>