A
3 year Postdoctoral Research position on Human Collective Intelligence
is now available at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development,
Berlin, Germany.
The
postdoctoral project aims at investigating the dynamics underlying
collective intelligence. Under which conditions can collectives
outperform individual
decision makers and vice versa? How should individuals be combined, and
how should interactions be structured to reap the benefits of
collective intelligence? How do individuals sense the environment and
integrate social information? We investigate both the
fundamental conditions underlying collective intelligence processes
(using theoretical modelling and empirical approaches) as well as
applying our insights to real-world decision making contexts (e.g.,
medical diagnostics, lie detection).
More
specifically, this postdoctoral project consists of analysing existing
data sets as well as designing and conducting novel research on
collective intelligence.
Limited work on collective decision making in animal groups (e.g.,
fish) is also possible. We seek a postdoctoral researcher with a strong
interest in collective behaviour. The successful applicant should hold a
doctoral degree in biology, psychology, computer
science, or related fields. Applicants should have a solid background
in statistical / computational / theoretical modelling, and ideally
experience with (the programing of) human (collective) decision making
experiments. In addition, the ability to work independently
and high proficiency of the English language are essential.
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