Connectionists: Call for fellowships - Center for Mind, Brain & Cognitive Evolution at the Ruhr-University Bochum

[Sen Cheng]

Call for fellowships 2012/2013 -Deadline for applications: June 1st, 2012

homepage: http://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/philosophy/mibra/index_en.html

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 Sept. 2012 until July 2013 aimed at outstanding
researchers. We are flexible concerning the exact visiting period:

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 should be related to the
research area of social cognition, especially to the projects
Applications are due by June 1st, 2012. Please send your application as
well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Martin Brüne
(martin.bruene at rub.de ) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen at rub.de).


2) Senior fellowship in animal mind research (for one month):
Applicants are expected to work at least on the level of an associate
professor and should be able to connect with the animal studies in the
lab of Prof. Onur Güntürkün. They must have an outstandingpublication
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 June 1st, 2012.
Please send your application as well as requests for further information
to Prof. Dr. Onur Güntürkün (onur.güntürkün at rub.de) or Prof. Dr. Albert
Newen (albert.newen at rub.de)


3) Senior- or junior-fellowship in philosophy and developmental aspects
of social and cultural cognition (for two to three months):
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 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. The applicants for
the senior fellowship are expected to work at least on the level of an
associate professor. A research proposal of the candidate should be
related to the research project "Self-Consciousness, Intentionality and
Intersubjectivity" or to the research project "Social information
processing and Culture".
Applications are due by June 1st, 2012. For further information and
application please contact Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen at rub.de)
or Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht (tobias.schlicht at rub.de).


4) Senior or junior-fellowship in neurosciences with focus on memory
function (for three to six months):
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and have an
outstanding publication record in the area of molecular, behavioral, and
electrophysiological neurosciences or neuroimaging. The applicants are
expected to work at least on the level of an associate professor, or at
the level of an advanced post-doctoral fellow. The research proposal
should focus on a multidisciplinary or comparative approach to memory
function, preferably oriented towards the medial temporal lobe and
associated areas. No application deadline. For further information or
application please contact Prof. Dr. Magdalena Sauvage
(Magdalena.sauvage at rub.de); Homepage: www.rub.de/fam.


5) Senior or junior fellowship in neurophilosophy/philosophy of mind
(one to six months):
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and must have an outstanding
publication record in the area of philosophy of mind (eventually
bordering philosophy of language or epistemology) and their research
attitude should demonstrate a strong connection to the cognitive and
neurosciences. Applicants for the senior fellowship are expected to work
at least on the level of an associate or advanced assistant professor.
The successful applicant will be given the opportunity to take part in
designing a cooperative EEG study on a research question of relevance
for the philosophy of mind and language and/or epistemology.
Applications are due by June 1, 2012. Please send your application as
well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Markus Werning
(markus.werning at rub.de).

6) Senior or junior fellowship in philosophy of language or in
linguistics/neurolinguistics (one to twelve months):
Applicants must hold a doctoral degree and they must have an outstanding
publication record in philosophy of language or
linguistics/neurolinguistics. Applicants for the senior fellowship (max.
six months) are expected to work at least on the level of an associate
or advanced assistant professor. The applicant should be open to both
empirical and theoretical approaches towards language comprehension and
semantics stemming from philosophy, linguistics, and neuroscience.
Applications are due by June 1, 2012. Please send your application as
well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Markus Werning
(markus.werning at rub.de)


7) Junior fellowship for an outstanding female reseacher (for two months):
We offer a postdoctoral research fellowship for up-and-coming female
researchers with
a promising track record in the field of philosophy of neuroscience. The
candidate should either be a philosopher with a strong track record in
philosophy of mind/psychology/neuroscience and a background
in experimental cognitive science, or a cognitive scientist with a
strong track record of interacting with philosophy. A PhD is required by
the time of application.
Applications are due by June 1, 2012. Please direct your application as
well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
(albert.newen at rub.de)


8) Senior fellowship in computational models of memory (up to four months):
Applicants are expected to be internationally known scientists in the
field of computational neuroscience and to have an outstanding
publication record in memory research. Their research interests should
overlap with the modeling work on the hippocampal formation conducted in
the group of Prof. Dr. Sen Cheng (www.rub.de/cns). The fellow will be
tightly integrated into the interdisciplinary Center for Mind, Brain and
Cognitive Evolution. Applications are due by June 1, 2012. Please send
your application as well as requests for further information to Prof.
Dr. Sen Cheng (sen.cheng at rub.de).


9) Junior fellowship for philosophy of language, mind or cognition
concerning concepts and/or content (for two months):
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and an outstanding
publication record in the area of philosophy, with a strong
interdisciplinary connection to animal cognition, developmental
psychology or neuroscience. The applicants are expected to work at least
on the level of an advanced postdoc. The research proposal should be
related to the research area of understanding concept possession and
categorization in humans and animals. Applications are due by June 1st,
2012. Please send your application as well as requests for further
information to Prof. Dr. Albert Newen (albert.newen at rub.de)


All fellows are invited to deliver a fellow lecture and will participate
in an interdisciplinary research program and are asked to offer some
presentations for master students of the new program “Cognitive Science”.

Applications should include:
1. A (brief) letter of application including personal information
academic background, and research interests (please indicate the number
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 send 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.