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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We are recruiting a postdoctoral fellow to join the Wise Judgment Consortium, an international research initiative examining how people across cultures decide what is wise, reasonable, and effective in complex social situations. The position
may be especially relevant to scholars working in cognitive science, social cognition, judgment and decision-making, metacognition, cultural cognition, computational or quantitative approaches to behavior, psychometrics, longitudinal/diary methods, or open
science.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Details below. Please share widely.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With gratitude,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Igor<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cultural Psychology, Measurement, and Wise Decision-Making<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Wisdom and Culture Lab, University of Waterloo</b><br>
<b>Waterloo, Ontario, Canada</b><br>
<b>Anticipated start:</b> Fall 2026 or Winter 2027<br>
<b>Initial term:</b> 1 year, with possibility of renewal pending performance and funding<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Wisdom and Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo, directed by
<b>Igor Grossmann</b>, invites applications for a postdoctoral fellowship on the <b>
Wise Judgment Consortium</b>, an international research initiative examining how people across cultures decide what is wise, reasonable, and effective in complex social situations.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This position is ideal for a scholar trained in <b>cultural psychology, social psychology, psychometrics/measurement, individual differences, experimental methods, survey design, or related areas</b> who wants to help build the next generation
of cross-cultural tools for studying wise judgment in real-world contexts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The opportunity<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Many theories of judgment and decision-making are built around well-defined problems, Western samples, and abstract choice tasks. The Wise Judgment Consortium takes a different approach. We study the messy, culturally embedded dilemmas
people actually face: interpersonal conflicts, moral trade-offs, family obligations, uncertainty, social norms, and competing values.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The postdoctoral fellow will play a central role in the next phases of the project: translating earlier cross-cultural work on wise decision strategies into psychometric measures, longitudinal diary studies, within-person experiments, and
intervention tools. The work asks not only what strategies people consider wise, but when those strategies work, for whom, in which situations, and in which cultural ecologies.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is a rare opportunity to help shape a large-scale international project from the inside, work with an interdisciplinary 20-country strong consortium, develop open-science resources for the field, and build a strong independent research
profile at the intersection of culture, judgment, measurement, and social decision-making.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Responsibilities<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The postdoctoral fellow will contribute to several linked components of the project, including:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Developing and validating psychometric measures of common decision strategies across cultural contexts
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Designing cross-cultural survey and experimental studies on judgment, meta-judgment, and strategy calibration
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Leading or co-leading longitudinal diary/event-reconstruction studies of everyday decision-making
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Analyzing individual, situational, and cultural variation in strategy use and perceived effectiveness
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Coordinating with international collaborators on study design, translation, recruitment, and data quality
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Conducting advanced quantitative analyses, including multilevel models, measurement models, and/or longitudinal models
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Preparing manuscripts for publication and conference presentation
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Supporting open-science workflows, including preregistration, reproducible code, documentation, and data harmonization
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Mentoring graduate and undergraduate trainees in the lab
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The fellow will be encouraged to develop first-authored papers and an independent research program aligned with the broader goals of the project.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Qualifications<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applicants should have a PhD in psychology, cognitive science, behavioral science, decision science, or a closely related field by the time of appointment.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Strong candidates will have expertise in at least two of the following areas:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Cultural or cross-cultural psychology
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Social psychology, especially experimental or survey-based research
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Psychometrics, measurement, scale development, or measurement invariance
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Individual differences and personality assessment
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Judgment and decision-making
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Moral, interpersonal, or social cognition
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2">Longitudinal, diary, experience-sampling, or within-person designs
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applicants should also have:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Strong quantitative skills <o:p>
</o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Experience designing rigorous behavioral studies
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Excellent scientific writing skills
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Facility with <i>R</i>, <i>
Python</i>, or another statistical programming language <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Evidence of past reproducible and open-science workflows
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3">Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a large international team
<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Experience with multilingual data, cross-cultural measurement, cognitive interviewing, large-scale online studies, or international research coordination would be an asset.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Why Waterloo and the Wisdom and Culture Lab?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Wisdom and Culture Lab offers a collaborative, intellectually ambitious environment for studying how people reason, reflect, and make decisions across contexts. The successful candidate will join a project with unusually rich opportunities:
large cross-cultural datasets, an international collaborator network, open-science infrastructure, and multiple publication streams spanning measurement, culture, individual differences, social judgment, and interventions.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The position is especially well suited for a postdoctoral scholar who wants to do theoretically meaningful work while also gaining hands-on experience with the practical realities of large-scale cross-cultural research.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Compensation<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salary will be benchmarked at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellowship recommendation and will be commensurate with experience. Benefits are included. Applicants with their own fellowship or
external funding are also welcome to apply.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Application materials<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please submit the following materials by email to <b>Berke Aydas</b>, Lab Manager, at
<b>berke.aydas@uwaterloo.ca</b>:<o:p></o:p></p>
<ol style="margin-top:0cm" start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">Cover letter <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">CV <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">Research statement, 2–3 pages, describing relevant experience, research interests, and career goals
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">Up to three writing samples or publications
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">Contact information for three referees
<o:p></o:p></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please use the subject line: <b>WJC Postdoc Application<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Review of applications will begin <b>May 31, 2026</b> and continue until the position is filled.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Questions may be directed to <b>Dr. Igor Grossmann</b> at <b>
igrossma@uwaterloo.ca</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Igor Grossmann, Ph.D. | </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://www.igorgrossmann.com/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">IgorGrossmann.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Professor of Psychology | University of Waterloo</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Director, </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/wisdom-and-culture-lab/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Wisdom
and Culture Laboratory</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#222222;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><br>
</span><span style="color:black">Founder, </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://worldaftercovid.info/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">World After COVID</span></a></span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> | </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://futurescape.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Futurescape</span></a></span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"> | </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_new"><span style="color:blue">Wise
Judgment Consortium</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm">Editor, </span><span style="color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/hpli20" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Psychological
Inquiry</span></a></span><span style="color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><br>
Associate Editor, <a href="https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/AMP"><span style="color:blue">American Psychologist</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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