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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-DE link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>**Apologies for cross-posting**</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear colleagues,<span class=apple-converted-space> <br><br>As part of our Wellcome-funded project “</span>From premature to protracted decision-making: Neural mechanisms underlying transdiagnostic biases in deliberation<span class=apple-converted-space>” a PhD-student position is available in the </span>"</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="https://devcompsy.org/" title="https://devcompsy.org/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Developmental Computational Psychiatry</span></a></span></span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>"</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>lab, led by Tobias Hauser at the University of Tübingen (Germany).<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><br>The focus of the lab is to better understand the computational and neural mechanisms underlying decision making and learning, and how these processes go awry in patients with mental illnesses</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>. </span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>The tasks<span style='color:black'> </span></span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>of the available position</span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>include scientific research contributions that relate specifically to the purposes of this<span style='color:black'> project and span </span>neuroimaging (fMRI), behavioural testing, and computational modelling of behaviour. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>This project extends across multiple organisations, including the University Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics Tübingen, the University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-Institut d’Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (FRCB-IDIBAPS) and the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (NIMHANS), Bangalore. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>For this purpose we are seeking applications from highly motivated students with an interest in<span class=apple-converted-space> </span>computational neuroscience, cognitive (neuro</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>-</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>)science, or psychology</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>. A good command of both English and German is required for this role.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-converted-space><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>More information about the position can be found here:</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#D1D2D3'> </span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='color:#0563C1'><a href="https://devcompsy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PhD_WT_2026.pdf"><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'>https://devcompsy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/PhD_WT_2026.pdf</span></a></span></span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#D1D2D3'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#D1D2D3'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The application deadline is March 13, 2026. Informal enquiries can be directed to Tobias Hauser (</span><span class=MsoHyperlink><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1'><a href="mailto:tobias.hauser@uni-tuebingen.de"><span style='color:#0563C1'>tobias.hauser@uni-tuebingen.de</span></a>)</span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:3.0pt'><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>Susan.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Susan Fischer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Alexander von Humboldt Professorship Prof Peter Dayan & <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>W3-Professorship ‘Computational Psychiatry’, Prof Tobias Hauser <br>Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Equal Opportunities Officer <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Max-Planck-Ring 8 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>72076 Tübingen <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>Germany</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#00B050;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>************************************************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>