<div dir="ltr"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Rational Altruism Lab at UCLA has open positions for Ph.D. students motivated to conduct rigorous empirical, theoretical, and computational research in psychology with a high positive social impact. Possible topics include rationality and decision-making, goal-setting and motivation, as well as value change and the learning mechanisms that change how people think and decide. Our projects will range from fundamental basic research to developing and evaluating digital interventions. If you want to be notified about soon-to-be-advertised positions for postdocs, a lab manager, and research assistants in the Rational Altruism Lab, you can sign up </span><a href="https://forms.gle/zskzf2Q5gf2Ge7mD7" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Please help the right people find us by forwarding this email to anyone who might be a good fit. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Our mission is to help lay the scientific foundations for fostering and supporting the effective pursuit of highly impactful altruistic projects. This includes research on understanding and improving goal-setting and decision-making, motivation, moral values and moral reasoning, rationality, and associated learning processes. You can find more information at </span><a href="https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/falklieder/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/falklieder/</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Applicants with a background in psychology, economics, cognitive science, computer science, mathematics, statistics, ML/AI, education, HCI, or a related discipline are welcome. The earliest possible start date for the postdoc, lab manager, and web developer positions is July 1, 2023. The first Ph.D. student(s) will start in Fall 2023, and the application deadline is December 1, 2022. For more information on how to apply, see </span><a href="https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-instructions/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(74,110,224);font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://www.psych.ucla.edu/graduate/prospective-students/application-instructions/</span></a><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(14,16,26);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><div><font color="#0e101a" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:13.3333px;white-space:pre-wrap"><br clear="all"></span></font><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font color="#1c2336" face="Palatino, Palatino Linotype, Georgia, Times, Times New Roman, serif"><span style="font-size:15px">—</span></font><br></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)">Falk Lieder, Ph.D.</p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><a href="https://re.is.mpg.de/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">Rationality Enhancement Group</a></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-size:13px;line-height:normal;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(35,35,35)"><a href="https://www.psych.ucla.edu/faculty-page/falklieder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