Post: Masters and PhD programs at the University of Kent, UK
Location: Canterbury, Kent, UK

Please find information on the Masters and PhD Program of the University of Kent by clicking here

Post: Research positions
Location: University of Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline: July 10, 2008 and August 29, 2008

Research Positions at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon

The Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon (ICS/UL) is an important research centre, integrating more than one hundred researchers. The Institute is offering two research positions and two post-doctoral positions for social psychologists, namely in the domain of intergroup relations, identities and migration issues. In order to benefit from and to contribute to the knowledge on social conflict and social cooperation between groups, the approach of immigration issues should consider fundamental psychological processes such as categorisation, identity, social comparison, and social innovation. The Institute offers excellent working conditions, financial support for research and international networks.

1 Research position

Application 1- open until July 10
Applications should include:
A detailed curriculum vitae; a copy of two representative publications; a research proposal (of 1500 words maximum); a covering letter describing the candidate's current research interests; letters of recommendation from two social scientists, neither of whom has been the candidate's thesis supervisor and, at least one of them from a foreign institution. The letters should be directly sent to Assessoria Científica (c/o Eugénia Rodrigues) at the address below.
The social psychologist researcher to be hired (a 5-year contract, renewable) should have carried out previous research on intergroup relations, as well as being able to develop cross-sectional and longitudinal field studies and laboratory experiments. He/she should also have relevant scientific publications after PhD. The correspondent salary is 2044 Euro monthly (net; 14 months).

Application 2- open from June 30 until August 30

Applications should include the same items of the previous one and the salary is the same.

2 Postdoctoral positions
Applications are open from June until August 29. The correspondent salary is 1500 Euro monthly (net; 12 months).

For more information concerning scientific issues, please contact: jorge.vala@ics.ul.pt
For more information concerning administrative questions, please contact: eugenia.rodrigues@ics.ul.pt
Institute of Social Sciences,University of Lisbon,Av. Prof. Aníbal de Bettencourt 9, 1600-189 Lisbon, Portugal.

Post: Lectureship
Location: School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK
Deadline: July 14, 2008

School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK

Lectureship in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, Infant Cognition, or Developmental Neuroscience

Applications are invited for a Lectureship post in the 5* School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. Applicants with active research programmes in any area of psychology will be considered, put particular interests in experimental social or developmental psychology would be especially welcomed.

The post is available from August 2008 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Informal enquiries should be directed to Professor Glyn Humphreys (telephone +44 (0)121 414 4930 or email G.W.Humphreys@bham.ac.uk).

Starting salary in the range of £34,793 to £41,545 a year (potential progression on performance once in post to £46,759)

Closing date: 14 July 2008

Post reference: H21059

Details: +44 (0)121 415 9000 or http://www.hr.bham.ac.uk/jobs

Human Resources, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT.

Post: Post-Doc
Location: University of Essex, UK
Deadline: July 14, 2008

Subject: Post-Doc at University of Essex

Research Officer position (Post-Doc), now seeking applicants, at the University of Essex (UK).

The position is a part-time (70%), two-year post of Research Officer in the Department of Psychology for appointment from 1 September 2008 (£25,888-£28,290 per annum pro rata).

The person appointed will work with Dr Philip J Cozzolino and Prof Marco Perugini (University of Milan-Bicocca) on a project entitled ‘The Psychology of Liberty'. The research will explore the affective, cognitive, and behavioural consequences of lost and/or threatened liberty, guided by a theoretical framework that conceptualises psychological processes relevant to freedom in terms of existential and civil liberties. The person appointed will be involved in the preparation of surveys and data collection, development of computerised and laboratory experiments, data collection, statistical analysis, and help in the writing of scientific reports.

The post will be based at the University of Essex. Ideally, applicants should have a PhD in social cognitive/experimental psychology or be close to completion.

Closing date for applications is 16 July 2008. Further details for the post are available at this link:

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/YZ875/Research_Officer/

Any informal enquiries can be made to Dr Philip J Cozzolino at pjcozz@essex.ac.uk

Post: Lectureship - Social Psychology
Location: University of Auckland, New Zealand
Deadline: July 18, 2008

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer - Social Psychology

The Department of Psychology invites applications for a tenure-track Lectureship in Social Psychology. Applicants should have a PhD in Psychology and the qualifications necessary to teach Social Psychology at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. They should also have a proven record of research and be able to supervise post graduate students. The Department is one of the largest in New Zealand, with 920 equivalent full-time students, 40 permanent academic staff and 10 administrative and technical support staff. The Department offers Bachelor, Honours, Masters and PhD degrees in Psychology and specialised postgraduate qualifications in professional psychology. The successful applicant will ideally be able to commence duties by 1 December 2008.

Further information can be obtained about this vacancy from Associate Professor Fred Seymour, Head of Department of Psychology telephone
64-9-3737-599 ext 88414, email f.seymour@auckland.ac.nz The department's website is http://www.psych.auckland.ac.nz.

Applications close Friday, 18 July 2008.

For further information go to www.opportunities.auckland.ac.nz
The University has an equal opportunities policy and welcomes applications from all qualified persons.

Post: postgraduate studentship
Location: Oxford University, UK
Deadline: July 21, 2008

ESRC 1 + 3 studentship: Facial expressions in interpersonal interaction: Communicative style and motivation.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University.

Supervisors : Brian Parkinson & Gwenda Simons

UK citizens (or current UK residents from other EU countries who have just completed three years of undergraduate training in the UK satisfying ESRC requirements) with a good first degree in Psychology (upper second class honours or above) are invited to apply for a fully funded ESRC 1 + 3 studentship (14,600 per annum maintenance grant + university and college fees) to work on a project involving styles of interpersonal emotion regulation and communication commencing October 2008.  The research will involve analysis of facial expressions and perceptions of facial expressions (using FACS, judge-coding and video-cued recall) in naturalistic and experimentally controlled interpersonal interactions.   We are particularly interested in how one interactants expressive style affects the other interactants emotion and expression in video-mediated and face-to-face encounters, and in the accuracy of mutual perceptions of emotion regulation attempts.  The successful candidate would be part of a team working on a large-scale inter-University project on Emotion Regulation in Others and Self (EROS). 
The closing date for applications is July 21, 2008, and interviews will be held at Oxford University on July 25.  For further details and an application form, please contact the Graduate Administrator at the Department of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford University, UK ( penny.tarrant@psy.ox.ac.uk ).  Informal enquiries should be directed to Brian Parkinson ( brian.parkinson@psy.ox.ac.uk ).

Post: Fixed-term Lecturer
Location: University of Essex
Deadline: July 21, 2008

Fixed-term Lecturer at the Department of Psychology, University of Essex

Awarded a 5A in the last RAE, the Department of Psychology has gained a reputation for excellence in research. The Department has outstanding facilities for research and teaching in cognitive psychology and cognitive neuroscience, social and health psychology, sensory perception, developmental psychology and neuropsychology. These facilities will be complemented by a new state-of-the-art Brain Sciences Centre due to open in September 2008.

We would now like to appoint a fixed-term Lecturer for a 9-month period. Applicants in social psychology are particularly welcomed, but we will consider any area of psychology. The Lecturer is required to make a contribution to our teaching and research activities. The start date is 1st September 2008 or as soon as possible after that.

Please visit http://jobs.essex.ac.uk/ for a full job description, person specification and further information relating to this post.

Salary: £34,793-£41,545 per annum
Closing date: 21/07/08

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Post: PhD Research Studentship
Location: University of Cambridge, UK
Deadline: July 23, 2008

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Department of Public Health and Primary Care
GENERAL PRACTICE AND PRIMARY CARE RESEARCH UNIT (GPPCRU)

PhD Research Studentship

Funds from The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) School for Primary Care Research at the University of Cambridge are enabling us to offer a PhD studentship in the Department of Public Health for three years full-time, to include a stipend, associated support costs and all relevant University and College fees.

The student will be part of a growing number of PhD students who contribute to the intellectual community of the Unit and Department as a whole. They will draw on the larger on-going research projects in the Unit, and will be expected to embed their own research within existing initiatives. The student will be supervised by at least one member of the Unit.

Owing to the growing interdisciplinary nature of the research conducted at the GPPCRU, we are seeking the best overall candidate for one of three proposed projects relating to our core research strengths:

Behavioural Science (Stephen Sutton):
Developing and evaluating measures of implicit attitudes to taking medication

Quantitative Methodologies (Toby Prevost):
Understanding how complex interventions do or do not work

Social Science (Simon Cohn):
The Experience of Co-morbidity: a qualitative study

Applicants will be expected to elect which one of the three areas of research they wish to be considered for.

Stipend: 12,940 pa with discretionary increase based on age and experience

Period: Three years, full-time. This is likely to begin from October 1 2008, although in exceptional circumstances the successful candidate will be able to register at another other time in the 2008/9 academic year.

Closing date: Wednesday 23rd July

For further details including outlines of the three proposed topics and how to apply for the studentship, contact Helen Ludford, hml34@medschl.cam.ac.uk or Stephanie Vo, sv299@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Post: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
Location: SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Deadline: July 29, 2008

REF. 5809

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES,
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Tenure track

The School of Psychology is seeking to make an academic appointment in experimental social psychology. The successful applicant will carry out independent research, teach courses and supervise research projects in the School's undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

The School of Psychology at UNSW is located in the Faculty of Science and is recognised nationally and internationally for its excellence in research and teaching. All staff pursue research programs, most staff have competitive research funding, and the School is a leader in Australia in terms of research publications and competitive grants. The School has a large and efficient participant pool, as well as well equipped research and teaching facilities and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs that attract outstanding students.

This full-time position is designed to augment and complement the School’s existing strengths in social psychology, with conversion to tenure after three years, subject to satisfactory performance. Staff members with interests in experimental social psychology include Marilynn Brewer (identity, social cognition), Tom Denson (aggression, social neuroscience), Joseph Forgas (affect and social cognition), Ben Newell (decision making), Helen Paterson (collective memory), Rick Richardson (ostracism), and Richard Kemp (eyewitness memory, forensic psychology).

Sydney is a lively cosmopolitan city with a mild subtropical climate, and an outstandingly beautiful natural environment that offers all the cultural, recreational and leisure facilities one would expect in a leading international city. UNSW is located in Sydney’s attractive Eastern Suburbs, in close proximity to the City, harbour and ocean beaches, teaching hospitals and other research centres.

Preferred starting date is February 2009 (negotiable). The salary range for Lecturer is $75,413 – 88,902 per year and for Senior Lecturer is $91,596 - $105,086 per year, depending on qualifications and experience, plus 17% employer superannuation plus leave loading. These salary rates apply from Dec 12 2008.

Enquiries maybe directed to Professor Joe Forgas, by telephone (61 2) 9385 3037 or email: jp.forgas@unsw.edu.au

Applications close 29thJuly 2008.For further information about the School, please visit: www.psy.unsw.edu.au .

For full details of this position, application procedure and other vacancies, go to the HR website at: www.hr.unsw.edu.au/jobs.html

Post: Post Doctoral Fellowship
Location: Utrecht University , The Netherlands
Deadline: August 1, 2008

The Department of Social and Organization Psychology at Utrecht University, the Netherlands, has an opening for a four-year term Post Doctoral Fellowship in social psychology.

We are looking for a highly competent and motivated researcher with a strong background in social cognition and knowledge in the areas of self-regulation and behaviour change. The researcher will work with Wolfgang Stroebe and Henk Aarts on a research project on social cognitive determinants of health behaviour. The project will involve both fundamental research on cognitive and motivational processes as well as applied studies on changing health behaviour. You will be working in one of the most research-oriented, dynamic and productive social psychology departments in the Netherlands, with excellent research facilities.

The position is a 100% research position. In addition to working on the funded research, the Fellow is expected to develop her/his own perspective and research program within the theme of the project, allowing for ample opportunities to follow his/her own research interests.

We ask for the following qualifications:
 A PhD (completed or near completed) in social psychology
 Ample experience with high quality research, preferably in areas of social cognition and/or models of behaviour
 Scientific creativity and productivity as indicated by first-author publications in high-impact journals.

We offer a temporary position of four years, with a starting date of December 1 2008 (or earlier, by mutual agreement). The gross monthly income is in the range between € 3,129.- and € 4,284.- per month (full-time appointment, scale 11 of the Collective Labor Agreement of the Dutch Universities and depending on qualifications and experiences. For more information about Utrecht and the working conditions at Utrecht University see www.uu.nl and www.uu.nl/arbeidsvoorwaarden.

For more information about the project, please contact Wolfgang Stroebe (w.stroebe@uu.nl) or Henk Aarts (h.aarts@uu.nl).

Your application should be received before August 1st 2008 and should be sent to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Personnel Department, at attention of W. Steinbusch, P.O. Box 80140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands or by electronic mail: PenO-FEZ-FSW@fss.uu.nl

When applying for this job always mention the vacancy number 69828

Post: Ph.D. position
Location: Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Deadline: August 8, 2008

Ph.D. position at the Department of Psychology, University of Groningen

Job description

Why do people not act environmentally-friendly while they are concerned about the environment? Goal-framing theory posits that multiple goals are active at any given time that may (or may not) be compatible. Three main goals are distinguished: the hedonic goal “to feel better right now”, the gain goal “to guard and improve one’s resources”, and the normative goal “to act appropriately” (see Lindenberg & Steg, 2007). It is very likely that one goal is dominant and influences information processing the most (that is, it is a goal-frame), while other goals are in the background and increase or decrease the strength of the focal goal. When background goals are compatible with the goal-frame, they strengthen it. But when the goal-frame and background goals are in conflict, the latter weaken the strength of the goal-frame. In the environmental domain, goal conflicts are very common. For example, buying eco products would protect the environment but is rather costly, and reducing the thermostat settings at home is good for the environment but not very comfortable. Thus, for the explanation of environmental behaviour, goal-framing theory seems highly relevant.

This project aims to test goal-framing theory in the environmental domain. For example, how do various goals influence behaviour, in which ways do these goals interact, and how can these goals be influenced to enhance pro-environmental behaviour? You will have to study the relevant literature and devise and carry out questionnaire and experimental studies to test and further develop goal-framing theory in the environmental domain.

Requirements

Successful candidates should have a M.A. or M.Sc. in Psychology and need to be proficient in English (you will need to pass a TOEFL or IELS exam). You have an interest in applied psychology either from an environmental or a social-psychological perspective. Preferably, you have been involved in environmental research or research that can be applied to environmental issues. You are willing to work in an international team.

Conditions of employment

You will be appointed as “bursary” for a period of four years receiving a net remuneration of € 1400 per month. You are expected to complete and defend your Ph.D. thesis within the period of the appointment. You do not have teaching obligations. During the appointment you will follow post-graduate training courses relevant for your project. Funds are made available for research, travel, and conference attendance.

Information

For more information about this position contact dr. E.M. Steg, Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, e-mail E.M.Steg@rug.nl, telephone +31 50 3636482.

Applicants should send a curriculum vita and letter of interest to: E.M.Steg@rug.nl. The closing date for applications is August 8, 2008.

Post: Postdoctoral Fellowship
Location: Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
Deadline: September 2, 2008

The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is launching an “Academy of Post-Doctoral Fellows” with the aim of creating new interdisciplinary collaborative partnerships that will generate outstanding research. CIFAR identifies emerging fundamental research questions and creates interdisciplinary networks of leading scholars from around the world to explore them in a way that is unparalleled elsewhere.

CIFAR's program on Social Interactions, Identity and Well-Being (SIIWB, http://www.ciar.ca/web/home.nsf/pages/socialinter) is offering a Post Doctoral fellowship to work collaboratively with three program members: Drs. Nyla Branscombe, S. Alexander Haslam, and Robert Oxoby. The focus of this post-doctoral fellowship will be on research exploring the relationships between social identity, perceptions of fairness and responsibility, and the legitimization of social inequalities. The project will combine both economic and psychological methodologies. The Post Doctoral Fellow will be fully integrated into the SIIWB research program, and will also participate in CIFAR meetings that provide opportunities for peer networking, mentorship, and career development.

Requirements: Applicants must have a Ph.D. in either behavioral economics or social psychology. The successful candidate will be based at the University of Calgary and have access to the University of Calgary's behavioral and experimental economics laboratory. The candidate will also travel to the University of Kansas and the University of Exeter to enable collaborative work with all investigators. This fellowship is open to citizens of all nations; primary criteria for selection are a willingness to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and an ability to generate high quality research.

Application: Please send a curriculum vita, writing samples and/or a statement of research interests, and arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to Robert Oxoby, Department of Economics, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary AB Canada T2N1N4; email oxoby@ucalgary.ca; tel 1.403.220.2586.

Salary: $45,000 per year plus travel and research funds. Sessional teaching for additional remuneration may be also available, if desired.
Start date: Fall 2008 or January 2009
Duration: 2 years

Questions about the position can be sent to Robert Oxoby (oxoby@ucalgary.ca), Nyla Branscombe (nyla@ku.edu), or S. Alexander Haslam (A.Haslam@exeter.ac.uk).

Post: Postdoctoral research positions
Location: University of Lisbon, Portugal
Deadline: September 5, 2008

University of Lisbon
Institute of Social Sciences
Associated State Laboratory
 
Postdoctoral research positions 2008
 
The Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, is an institution for advanced research and postgraduate studies mainly in the fields of Social Anthropology, Political Science, History, Sociology, Social Psychology and Environment Studies.
Through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technologys Postdoctoral Fellowships Program, the Institute is offering postdoctoral positions for social scientists on the research threads: The building of contemporary society , Citizenship and democratic institutions , Sustainability: Environment, Risk and Spaces , Families, Life Style and Schooling and Identity, Migrations and Religion .
Applicants should have recently earned their PhD and wish to spend a period of three years as postdoctoral fellows at ICS. The Institute is particularly open to applications in the areas described below, but applications from candidates with a high academic profile in the different social sciences are welcome.
Postdoctoral positions available in 2008
 
 
2 postdoctoral positions to work in the area of  Intergroup relations and immigration issues .
 Candidates should be interested in developing research on intergroup relations and immigration in an experimental and in a cross-cultural and longitudinal perspective.
 
2 postdoctoral positions to work in the area of  Environment and Sustainability
Candidates must hold a PhD on social sciences. One will work on the articulation of environmental and sustainability issues on public policies. The second will work on the intersection between environmental and science studies.
 
2 postdoctoral positions to work in the area of  Culture and Cultural Policies
Candidates must have experience in data analysis.
 
1 postdoctoral position to take part in a project on Religious changes and immigration process in the urban area of Lisbon .
Candidates should be interested in developing research on anthropology of migration and religion.
 
1 postdoctoral position to work in Quantitative Methodology for the Social Science
 
1 postdoctoral position to work in the area of Colonialism, Post-Colonialism and Democracy
Candidates should be interested in developing research on colonial and post-colonial studies.
 
1 postdoctoral position to take part in a project on Transition for Democracy on Southern Europe
Candidates should be interested in developing research on radical attitudes towards the liberal democracy.
 
1 postdoctoral position to take part in a project on Electoral Behaviour and Portuguese Political Attitudes
International experience and availability to do fieldwork are advisable.
 
1 postdoctoral position to take part in a project on Elites and political decision during the fascism era
 Experience and availability to do fieldwork are advisable.
   
The deadline for the applications is 5th September . The results will be announced to the candidates by e-mail until 10th September.
Applications should include : Detailed Curriculum vitae ; one copy of two representative publications; a research proposal (of 1500 words maximum); a covering letter describing the candidate's current research interests; two letters of recommendation from social scientists, sent directly to the Institute of Social Sciences by the specialists themselves until 5th de September to goretti.matias@ics.ul.pt .
Applications should be sent to goretti.matias@ics.ul.pt
 
Financial support for these fellowships is available through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, to which an application should also be made separately. However candidates should previously have the agreement of ICS.  For further details
consult: http://www.fct.mctes.pt/bolsas/concursos/ . The fellowship grants a salary of 1495 Euro monthly, value fixed by FCT for postdoctoral fellows assigned in Portugal ( http://www.fct.mctes.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ).
Office space will be provided, use of computer, access to email and the internet, ICS Library as well as financial support to develop research.
 
Applicants are encouraged to visit the website of the ICS at: http://www.ics.ul.pt

Post: Fellowship for Doctoral Students (graduate level positions)
Location: Catholic University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Deadline: September 14, 2008

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE,
“AFFECT, DECISION MAKING, & SOCIAL REGULATION”

The Department of Psychology of the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve (Belgium) supported and financed by the Belgium’s French Community, awards

Fellowship for Doctoral Students (graduate level positions)

Starting, October the 1st, 2008 (tenable for 3 years).

In October 2006, an extensive research program " Affect, Decision Making & Social Regulation " has been initiated at the Catholic University of Louvain-La-Neuve. This research program is funded by a 5 year joined research grant (Action de Recherche Concertée).
Researchers from different fields of psychology--emotion, personality, and social cognition-have joined their expertise and resources in order to investigate, on the one hand, how emotions intervene in, and modulate decision making, and on the other hand, how decision making impacts upon the regulation of emotion. A special attention is devoted to the role of emotion and decision making in personal and inter-personal regulation.

The research program is framed within different themes such as, for example, the processing of emotional information in decision-making, emotion perception and decision-making, or empathy, social relations and decision-making. For further information regarding the research project and the promoters of the project, please visit the website of the ARC http://www.uclouvain.be/en-psp-adsr.html.

The fellowship amounts to a net salary of 1413 Euro monthly (tax free with right to Social Security). Funding is also available for research and travelling.

Applicants should be French speaking and have a strong background in Cognitive, Personality, and/or Social Psychology and will hold one of the following degrees for October the 1st, 2008: Diploma, MA, MSc or equivalent in Psychology. Fellowships are awarded competitively to applicants based on the quality of their academic work and preparation for doing research.
Any topic of research is welcome but must necessarily be framed within the general themes of the research program (these themes are described on the website of the lab: http://www.uclouvain.be/en-39606.html).

Interested candidates should send their application to Anne-Catherine Defeldre (anne-catherine.defeldre@psp.ucl.ac.be). Please provide a Curriculum Vitae, an application letter exposing your motivation and mentioning the research theme of your interest, a letter of recommendation and the name and e-mail address of an expert who could provide another recommendation .

Please send your applications until September 14th, 2008.

Post: studentships, PhD and postdoctoral grants
Location: Universities of Marburg and Bielefeld, Germany
Deadline:

Research Training Group “Group Focused Enmity: Causes, Phenomenology, Consequences” - Applications for Scholarships
http://www.uni-marburg.de/menschenfeindlichkeit

The Research Training Group “Group Focused Enmity: Causes, Phenomenology, Consequences” is sponsored by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The Research Training Group awards several PhD and postdoctoral grants at the universities of Marburg and Bielefeld. The grants will be awarded for two years. Doctoral grants may be renewed by one year. In addition to scholarships, associate memberships (without grants) can be awarded.

Applicants should have graduated with distinction (Master or equivalent) in one of the fields of the faculty of the Research Training Group.

International applications are welcome. Proficiency in spoken and written English is required as well as a readiness to learn basic level German.

Application papers should include a proposal of the research project (in English or German - 10 pages maximum) that fits into the research program of the Research Training Group. Applications should also include a curriculum vitae, a copy of graduation certificates/transcripts and contact information (telephone numbers and e-mail addresses) of two academic referees.

Within social psychology, Gerd Bohner (gerd.bohner@uni-bielefeld.de) and Ulrich Wagner (wagner1@staff.uni-marburg.de) are participating professors. Gerd Bohner would especially welcome applications related to sexism as well as to the measurement and change of prejudiced attitudes. Uli Wagner’s research interests focus on media influences on Group focused Enmity, behavioral consequences of prejudiced attitudes, especially intergroup aggression, as well as the development of prevention programs against Group Focused Enmity.

Applications are welcome at any time. We recommend to contact the potential supervisor before sending your application.

Please send your applications as one file in pdf-form via email to
jose@staff.uni-marburg.de

If you have any further question, please contact
Dipl. Psych. et Theol. Gerald Jose
06421 282 3654
jose@staff.uni-marburg.de

or participating professors who are potential supervisors, or the spokespersons of the group U. Wagner (wagner1@staff.uni-marburg.de) and W. Heitmeyer (ikg@uni-bielefeld.de).

Membership in the Research Training Group includes funding opportunities for academic visits abroad. Members are expected to actively participate in the study program of the Research Training Group, in either Bielefeld or Marburg, and in the respective working groups of the faculty members.

Post: Executive Scientific Officer
Location: NCCR Affective Sciences, University of Geneva
Deadline:

NCCR Affective Sciences, University of Geneva
Job announcement

A new career in science

You have a Ph.D. in Psychology, Philosophy, Social Sciences, or Neurosciences. Have you thought about a career in executive research management?
You are interested in the mind and behavior of the individual as well as in their social and cultural dimensions and you like contact with other scientists;
You have excellent writing skills in English and master French and some German, you have appreciable skills in organization and communication, and you enjoy creating and exploiting new challenges.

We have what you are looking for: the position of the

Executive Scientific Officer

in the NCCR Affective Sciences.

http://www.affective-sciences.org/

Contact us and submit your application with CV and letter of intent electronically to Daniela.Sauge@cisa.unige.ch

Post: Research masters Program
Location: Utrecht Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences, The Netherlands
Deadline:

Research masters Program:

Social and Health Psychology: Research in Behavioural Regulation (SHP)

General
        Offered by        Utrecht Graduate School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
        Language          English
        Duration          2 years
        Start     September each year
        www.uu.nl/internationalmasters

Student Profile
Students with a BA Behavioural Sciences (Psychology, Pedagogy) can apply for the programme. PHR is a research master, so applicants must be motivated to do research and to become a researcher. Knowledge of statistics is required. Students will be selected on the basis of their grade point average, an essay on their motivation, and sometimes interviews.

Programme description
The master programme is based on the understanding that people are able to regulate their behaviour, that is to predict, plan, control, and change their behavioural efforts in service of their short-term and long-term personal goals. As such, the programme highlights issues and questions relating to how and why people manage to regulate their behaviour in the face of competing interests and distracting circumstances. The purpose of the master programme is to familiarize students with theories of behavioural regulation that focus on motivational, affective, and cognitive aspects of the regulation of behaviour and their interaction, and to teach how students may apply basic knowledge and innovative research methods in addressing specific research questions relating to phenomena of behavioural regulation.

This approach to behavioural regulation is demonstrated in two domains of psychology that present particularly challenging questions about the regulation of behaviour, namely interpersonal behaviour (e.g., social justice and morality behaviour; the relative self in social comparison processes; conflict in interpersonal behaviour; and automaticity in social behaviour) and health behaviour (e.g., eating and sexual behaviour as prototypical examples of visceral health behaviours; trauma and loss and their impact on well-being; psychobiological adjustment to illness), and which represent the main research themes of the two research groups involved in the master programme, the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology and the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology respectively.
For those students who want to combine a research career with clinical work the program facilitates extracurricular clinical internships.

Why choose Utrecht University?
A distinctive feature of the programme is the integrative practice and research seminars, which constitute an academic environment that enables students to learn from each other. Once students have chosen a field of specialization, they are assigned an individual tutor who will provide assistance and supervision. Throughout the course, the students present their work to a forum of senior staff, invited experts and fellow students. This interactive nature of the course ensures contact with and exposure to a broad range of other fields of psychology.

Perspectives for graduates
The master programme prepares candidates for an academic career  that is, for a subsequent Ph.D. programme  as well as for a career as an applied researcher in domains relating to the regulation of behaviour. Students are taught how to apply basic knowledge and specific research methods derived from the field of social/organizational and clinical/health psychology to the study of behavioural regulation

Entry requirements
Students with a GPA between 3.0 and 3.5 (Dutch equivalent: 7 or better) will have a good chance of being selected if their previous studies fit well with the Social and Health Psychology: Research in Behavioural Regulation (SHP) programme. Students who meet the admission requirements and have a GPA of 3.5 (or the Dutch equivalent: 8) or higher will be accepted. Proof of English language proficiency is required.