Connectionists: Faculty position

[Tom Verguts]

The department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, is looking for
a lecturer (docent) or senior lecturer (hoofddocent) in the field of Memory
and Cognition, starting from 1 October 2010 (see official vacancy below or
at http://www.ugent.be/en/news/vacancies/autonomous/BC2010-pp01 )
 
As of next academic year, the department will have 8 full-time faculty
members, as well as many post-doctoral researchers and PhD-students. The
Department offers a stimulating research environment in which the main
topics include cognitive control, working memory, cognitive neuroscience,
psycholinguistics, computational modeling, and numerical cognition. The
department has facilities for behavioral research (RT-labs, studio),
eye-tracking (Eye-Link 1000), and neurocognitive research (ERP, fMRI, TMS).
The department is highly ambitious, internationally oriented, and has
expanded greatly during the last years. For more information see:
http://expsy.ugent.be/


Official Profile
The faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences has a vacancy for a
professorship, starting from October 1, 2010. It concerns a position as
full-time Professor in the rank of Lecturer (docent) or Senior Lecturer
(hoofddocent) in the Department of Experimental Psychology, charged with
academic teaching (in Dutch), scientific research and carrying out
scientific duties in the field of memory and cognition.
Profile:

€    candidates should hold a PhD or a degree with a doctoral thesis or a
degree recognized as equivalent and have at least two years of postdoctoral
experience on October 1, 2010;
€    candidates are required to have research experience in the field of
study concerned, proved by active participation in international and
national scientific meetings and by recent publications in national and
international peer reviewed journals;
€    having proved experience in international mobility, amongst others
through participation in research programmes at research institutions not
linked to the university where the highest degree was obtained, is
recommended;
€    candidates are required to possess the necessary didactic,
organizational and communicative skills for teaching at an academic level.

The governing language at Ghent University is Dutch. However, persons who do
not speak Dutch as a native language are welcome to apply.

More detailed information on this vacancy and on the way this job fits in
the department¹s strategy can be obtained from prof. Rob Hartsuiker, head of
the department (phone: +32 (9) 264 64 36,  mailto:Robert.Hartsuiker at UGent.be
<mailto:Robert.Hartsuiker at UGent.be>

Depending on the specific profile of the selected candidate, the degree of
lecturer or senior lecturer will be granted.

A full-time position at the entry level of Lecturer implies a five-year
temporary appointment in a tenure track system. If the university board
positively evaluates the performance of the person involved, the position
lead to a permanent position in the rank of Senior Lecturer.
A full-time position at the entry level of Senior Lecturer will lead to a
tenured position.
However, in the case of a first appointment as professor, the Board of
Governors of Ghent University may decide to appoint the candidate for a
maximum period of three years, after which he/she may be eligible for tenure
following a positive evaluation. As teaching at Ghent University is mostly
in Dutch, such evaluation may include the acquired ability to teach in
Dutch.

Applications must be sent in duplicate by registered mail to the rector of
Ghent University, Rectorate building, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000
Ghent, using the specific application forms Autonomous Academic Staff
("ZAP"), including the necessary attestations of competence (copies of
degrees), the 5th of March, 2010 at the latest.

The application forms for Autonomous Academic Staff (ZAP)
€    can be obtained at Ghent University, Department of Personnel and
Organization, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 25, 9000 Gent.
€    can be requested by phone: +32 (0) 9 264 31 29 or + 32 (0) 9 264 31 30.
€    can be downloaded from the internet:
http://www.ugent.be/nl/werken/aanwerving/formulieren/zap
<http://www.ugent.be/nl/nieuwsagenda/vacatures/zap/formulier.doc>
 

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