We are seeking applications for a 5-year Academic Associate (part-time PhD, part-time teaching assistant) to work on human and non-human primate communication and facial expression.
The PhD will be supervised by Professor Bridget Waller (at Nottingham Trent University, UK) and will be closely linked to the ERC Consolidator Project FACEDIFF team ‘Individual differences in facial expressivity: Social function, facial anatomy and evolutionary origins’. FACEDIFF is a five-year project examining individual differences in facial expressivity and how this is related to social network size and success at social interaction in humans and macaques. The advertised position will add to this overall theme with a complimentary strand of research: how does facial expressivity develop? The PhD project will investigate the relationship between facial expressivity and social popularity in human children and infant macaques.
The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop their own lines of enquiry for the PhD, which could include fieldwork and/or captive primates. Candidates with experience in these areas will be preferred. The successful candidate will need to have a demonstrable interest in quantitative approaches to observational data. Training in social network analysis and FACS (Facial Action Coding System) will be given.
For details of the post (which includes a teaching role) and application instructions please click here. Please also contact Professor Bridget Waller via email bridget.waller@ntu.ac.uk for informal discussions in advance of applying.