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Senior & Junior Fellowships in Mind & Cognition, Bochum (Germany), Deadline: 31 May 2019
Call for Fellowships
Winter Term 2019-2020 & Summer Term 2020
Deadline for applications: May 31st, 2019
The Center for Mind and Cognition is a platform at the Ruhr-University
Bochum that aims to foster interdisciplinary research at the intersection
of philosophy, psychology, psychiatry, computational modelling,
neuroscience and other areas of cognitive research in engineering, law and
educational research. We are pleased to announce an international call for
fellowships from September 1st 2019 until July 31st 2020 aimed at
outstanding researchers. We are flexible concerning the exact visiting
period. People who did receive a fellowship do not qualify for further
application.
Fellowship No. 1: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month) or Junior
Fellowship (2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
Animal Cognition
Senior 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 outstanding publication record
based on animal studies. We expect strong interdisciplinary interests and
the publications should also contribute to the theoretical understanding of
animal minds. Junior applicants must have a PhD and at least published four
articles in peer-reviewed journals, two of which are dealing with
theoretical accounts concerning animal cognition. Please send your
application as well as requests for further information to Prof. Dr. Onur
Güntürkün (onur.guentuerkuen@rub.de) or Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
(albert.newen@rub.de)
Fellowship No. 2: Short-term Senior Fellowship (2 weeks: 1500 Euro)
Episodic Memory and Spatial Representation
The hippocampus is commonly studied as if it has disparate functions in
different species: episodic memory in humans and spatial representation in
rodents and other species. The fellow should be able to contribute towards a
conceptual and/or computational theory that accounts for both functions in a
single unified framework. Applicants should have strong interdisciplinary
interests across neuroscience, psychology, and philosophy. They must hold a
PhD and have published at least three peer-reviewed articles on a related
topic. Please direct inquiries and applications to Prof. Dr. Sen Cheng
(sen.cheng@rub.de).
Fellowship No. 3: Junior Fellowship (1-2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
Philosophy of Perception and/or (Formal) Epistemology
The Emmy Noether Research Group ?From Perception To Belief and Back Again?
and the Center for Mind and Cognition (both located at Ruhr-University
Bochum) invite applications for a one or two months fellowship in philosophy
of perception and/or formal epistemology.
Applicants must have been awarded a doctoral degree and they must have a
publication record in at least one of the mentioned areas of research. The
applicant for the fellowship is expected to work at least on the level of
postdoc. Ideally, the research the applicant indents to conduct during the
fellowship is relevant for the research conducted by the Emmy Noether
Research Group ?From Perception To Belief and Back Again? or by one of its
members. (https://fromperceptiontobelief.wordpress.com)
The Emmy Noether Research Group conducts interdisciplinary research at the
intersection of epistemology and cognitive science. We regularly host
workshops, research seminars, and international guest researchers and we,
thus, offer a highly productive research environment. The successful
candidate will have access to the university library, computer resources,
and will be provided with an office space during her or his research stay.
In addition, the successful candidate will be welcome to participate in all
the intellectual activities of the Institute of Philosophy II, of the Center
for Mind and Cognition, and of the Emmy Noether Research Group.
For further information and for submitting your application, please contact
the principal investigator Peter Brössel (perception-belief@rub.de).
Fellowship No. 4: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month) or Junior
Fellowship (2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
Predictive Processing
Senior applicants are expected to work at least on the level of an associate
professor and should be able to connect with the work in the team of Prof.
Tobias Schlicht. They should have an outstanding publication record in the
area of philosophy of mind and/or cognitive science. Junior applicants
should have a PhD and at least published four articles in peer-reviewed
journals. Please send your application as well as requests for further
information to Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht (tobias.schlicht@rub.de).
Fellowship No. 5: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month) or Junior
Fellowship (1-2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
Episodic Memory and the Self
The fellowship can either realized in experimental neuroscience or in
philosophical theory formation: In the former case the fellow is supposed to
work with the method of fMRI investigating either aspects of memory or of
self-consciousness. In the latter case, the fellow is supposed to contribute
to the theory of the interaction between memory and the self: how is
episodic memory recall shaped by the self-model? How and to which extent is
the self constituted by episodic memory?
The experimental fellowship is especially connected with the chair of Prof.
Dr. Nikolai Axmacher. The theoretical fellowship is especially connected
with chair of Prof. A. Newen. Both principle investigators are closely
interacting concerning this research area and the fellow will be integrated
in a DFG-research unit ?Constructing Scenarios of the Past?. Please send
applications to: Prof. Dr. Nikolai Axmacher
(nikolai.axmacher@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
(albert.newen@rub.de)
Fellowship No. 6: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month) or Junior
Fellowship (1-2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
Experimental Legal Philosophy and Moral Psychology
The fellow is supposed to work with the method of experimental philosophy
(i.e. questionnaires) to secure empirical foundations for theoretical
claims.
The content area of research is ideally either in the area of legal
philosophy in a broad sense or in the area of moral psychology discussing
questions of responsibility, accountability, autonomy, free will etc. The
fellowship is especially connected with the chair of Prof. Dr. Stefan Magen.
It is also beneficial if the research is able to connect with the
experimental philosophy going at the Institute of Philosophy II (Prof. A.
Newen, Dr. P. Willemsen, Prof. J. Horvath, Dr. A. Wiegmann). Please send
applications to: Prof. Dr. Stefan Magen (magen@rub.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert
Newen (albert.newen@rub.de)
Fellowship No. 7: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month)
Cognitive Development and Developmental Psychopathology in Early Childhood
The fellow is supposed to work in the area of development psychology or
developmental psychopathology with babies, infants or children. Ideally, the
Fellows' multi-method research will address the role of memory processes,
learning and social understanding with a focus on normative and abnormal
development. Links between the Fellows' research and the theoretical
research on social cognition at the Institute of Philosophy II (Prof. Dr.
Albert Newen, Prof. Dr. Tobias Schlicht) are encouraged. The scholarship is
linked to the chair of Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider and Prof. Dr. Sabine
Seehagen.
Please send applications to: Prof. Dr. Silvia Schneider
(silvia.schneider@ruhr-uni-bochum.de) and Prof. Dr. Sabine Seehagen
(sabine.seehagen@rub.de)
Fellowship No. 8: Senior Fellowship (1 month: 3000 Euro/month) or Junior
Fellowship (1-2 months: 2000 Euro/month)
The Relevance of AI-Tools in Social Interaction and Learning Environments
The fellow is supposed to work empirically with innovative AI-tools in
typical context of social interaction including e.g. educational settings
but it may also concern everyday interaction in different contexts. The
proposed work under the fellowship, in collaboration with researchers at
RUB, is expected to promote a vision of dynamically-differentiated,
AI-supported social interaction (e.g. in school education between teachers,
students/peers, and AI agents), and to further our understanding of how to
design for effective AI-based "co-orchestration" that leverages
complementary strengths of different stakeholders in social interaction.
The fellowship is especially connected with the chair of Prof. Dr. Nikol
Rummel at RUB. It is also beneficial if the research is able to connect with
theoretical research on understanding social cognition going at the
Institute of Philosophy II (Prof. A. Newen). Please send applications to:
Prof. Dr. Nikol Rummel (nikol.rummel@rub.de) and Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
(albert.newen@rub.de)
General Information: Fellowships & Applications
All fellows are invited to deliver a fellow lecture and will have the
opportunity to meet members of the Center for Mind & Cognition.
Applications should include:
1. A (brief) letter of application including personal information
academic background, and research interests (please indicate the number of
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 one month.
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 sent 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.
Tetiana Adler
Sekretariat Prof. Dr. A. Newen
Institut für Philosophie II
GA 3/151
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstr. 150
44801 Bochum
Tel.: (0049) 234-32 28139
Tel.: (0049) 234-32 22711
Fax: (0049) 234-32 14963
<mailto:sekretariat-newen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
sekretariat-newen@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
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